Shelly Figueroa isn't limited to what a handful of big-box retailers, with their racks of fluorescent-lit garments, decide Americans should wear. Instead, the Lake Oswego pattern designer makes ...

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Another Japanese import from Interweave, this small volume is as carefully styled and designed as readers have come to expect from the publishing company. The book is really a capsule collection from ...

Copyrighting a sewing pattern can be tricky. You cannot copyright the idea behind a sewing pattern, so if you created a pattern for a new kind of shirt, you cannot ...

A love for sewing and designing beautiful garments is just the start when it comes to making money making and selling custom-sewn kid's clothing. Whether you create everyday wear or special occasion ...

My husband always laughs when he tells the story that when he first met my mother, her big selling point for me was that “she makes her own clothes.” There was something very nerdy about that.