Add zipper edge along a collar for a decorative look. Just loosen the seam of your collar and add it inside. Add a zipper ...

Sewing groups at a community in south Fort Myers make dresses, surgical caps, dog beds, quilts for veterans and much more.

Early reception is positive—with users testifying to flexibility, lighter weight, a more unifying design, and a better, more ...

Few inventions reach such widespread use as the zipper. Odds are, you’re wearing a zippered garment right now. And yet—in its over 100-year-old history—it has received no significant updates. Until a ...

For more than a century, the zipper has stayed more or less the same: two interlocking rows of teeth, a sliding pull, and the fabric tape that holds it together. It’s one of those inventions that ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Every week at Catholic Charities Higher Ground Residence, volunteer seamstress Karen Martodam sits behind a sewing machine, repairing buttons and patching up coats for people ...

Recently, we’ve been working on a lot of DIY handbags on this show. And Ashley has been taking us along on her journey of becoming a bespoke bag designer. So today, we continued perfecting our ...

In early February, executives from YKK, the world’s largest zipper manufacturer, gathered in Kurobe, Japan, for annual budget meetings. Normally, these gatherings leave time for a bit of ...

Wondering if you can sew a zipper? Learn how to fix a separating zipper and save yourself the trouble of sending any more good pants or jackets to the trash. While looking through MOTHER EARTH NEWS ...