You can start a small business by taking advantage of your sewing skills. By offering services, such as clothing repair, custom tailoring and button replacement, you can create a steady income with a ...

OUTING — In a cluttered two-car garage, Anna Thiel works her magic in her lakefront home in Cass County. The sole proprietor of Anna’s Alterations, Restorations & Upholstery LLC in Outing is committed ...

One size does not fit all. In fact, few sizes fit anyone perfectly. It’s true that clothes aren’t made for the “regular” man or woman. Sometimes they’re not even made for models. If you look closely ...

When Fredi Vaughn was 10 years old, she began sewing her own doll clothes. When she became a mother she mended her children’s clothes. Vaughn took a job at a drycleaners where she first began doing ...

EAST MANATEE -- Pegged to a wall inside Chin's Alterations, hundreds of spools of thread wait to be loaded into seven sewing machines. Chin Sun McCartney pulled out pressed pieces of clothing from a ...