Going back to the Middle Ages, men and women in Europe were both part of sewing trades, particularly when it came to embroidering garments for royalty and clergy, according to Clare Hunter, a ...

But Ms. Hapa has also sought to reach a broader demographic, teaching classes for men and women on Sundays and welcoming people of all races. Steering clear of formal patterns and finicky rules ...

The Commercial Pattern Archive at the University of Rhode Island houses nearly 60,000 sewing patterns dating back to the 1840s. An online database of patterns is available for the public.

The women have learned to hand embroider, make flowers with fabric, do surface embellishments, make patterns Women at Jatos Maria’s apparel unit at Chully, Kerala and cut using machines.

Record-breaking crowd gathers to celebrate James Galanos's 100th Birthday with the Couture Pattern Museum. Museum-owned dresses on display alongside identical ones from the Philadelphia Museum of ...

The pattern, named in honour of St Paul’s first convert,, a trader in cloth, is classified in the language of the sewing world as for “adventurous beginners”. Both women were ordained in 2001, and ...