Dull scissors are the worst enemy of a sewing enthusiast. Whether you’re designing your kids’ costumes for trick-or-treating or making something special for yourself, you’ve got to do a lot of pattern ...

I am on the short side of petite, so clothes shopping is often a problem. But my mother, a gifted seamstress, always came to the rescue with her round, gold sewing tin with the red-and-green, ...