MANKATO — What is it about making handmade clothes? Is it knowing that thought and care went into its creation rather than simply picking it from a store’s shelf? Or is it the pleasure of knowing that ...

In Cairo's centuries-old Darb al-Ahmar district, Salama Mahmoud Salama's traditional dye workshop is a multi-coloured hive of workers busy with all kinds of fabrics. They lay out the long, flowing ...

After her two children grew up and moved out on their own, Laura Thompson, a self-proclaimed serial crafter, had to learn to adjust to life after child-rearing. “Your kids are your whole life, and ...

The weather is finally warming up, the birds are chirping, and women all around the world are pulling out their old denim to turn jeans into distressed shorts — or even cooler yet, to figure out how ...

VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) - A table is set up in the corner of the room and holds several steam pans. Another is adjacent holding plastic containers of fiber reactive dye. Although the space is not huge, ...