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Leather essentials like handbags, wallets, shoes, and bags are part of our everyday requirements. If you are equipped with the right skill and tools, you can create these items at home instead of ...

This story was originally published on May 3, 2021, and has been updated. Thinking about taking the leap into making your own clothes? We asked some experts how to get started. You don't need much, ...

When you’re travelling or simply on the go, you don’t want to feel embarrassed by a lost button or a ripped seam. And those cheap dollar-store sewing kits never offer enough to get the job done right.

I am on the short side of petite, so clothes shopping is often a problem. But my mother, a gifted seamstress, always came to the rescue with her round, gold sewing tin with the red-and-green, ...

Along with a portable battery pack, spare headphones and reusable water bottle, a compact sewing kit is an undeniably handy thing to have when you’re on the road. Should a tear, rip or button ...