A free exhibition exploring the history of home dressmaking has opened in Loughborough. The Cut and Create exhibition, at Charnwood Museum, features items of clothing, sewing equipment and dress ...

Few things are more satisfying than making your own clothes. Not only do you get a sense of achievement from transforming sheets of material into a new dress or top, but you feel good knowing you’ve ...

"Sewing patterns have been the principle blueprint for making garments in the home for centuries. From their origins in the tailoring manuals of the 16th century to the widely produced pamphlets of ...