I started to sew for a simple, selfish reason: I just wanted cool clothes that actually fit my body. I was a very tall teenage girl in an era long before online shopping was popular, living in a small ...

When I first taught myself to sew clothes more than 17 years ago, I wasted so much fabric, time, and money on projects that were complete disasters. 😂 I kept experimenting, reading, and learning ...

This story was originally published on May 22, 2023, and has been updated. When Arounna Khounnoraj was growing up, her mother, a seamstress, made and mended Khounnoraj's clothes. She would try to make ...