So, you ripped a hole in your favorite pair of jeans. (Or worse: your kid ripped a hole in their favorite pair of jeans.) Don’t drop $100 on new Levi’s. Fix them up – with flair. Patching, darning and ...

Many environmentalists say the key to sustainable clothing is already in your closet, and that has brought new attention to mending torn and worn clothes instead of buying new ones. REBECCA HARRISON: ...

One dusty family photo album in my attic holds black-and-white snapshots of my mother and grandmother darning their socks in the early 1950s. “We used burnt-out light bulbs to hold them while we ...

Once upon a time, sewing and mending clothes was commonplace — more a given than a unique hobby. At some point in the last few decades, though, it became something of a lost art. Why have people ...