Ft. Lonesome is in the business of creating one-of-a-kind denim the old-fashion way. The Austin, Texas-based chain stitch collective founded by Katie Sever has garnered a cult following for its ...

The vintage Lintz & Eckhardt machine, which she sourced from Berlin after an 18-month search, delivers the type of embroidery she loves. Chain stitch embroidery is something not often found in ...

Despite having a profusion of excellent photographs of embroideries, The Shoemaker’s Stitch is not just a coffee table book about the chain stitch embroidery from Gujarat, known as “mochi bharat”. It ...

Jessi Woska’s cozy home studio in Logan Square is located in her former dining room, just off her kitchen. Technicolor pegboards filled with cotton and wool thread spools line the walls, and plants ...

Amid a fast-fashion landscape in which so much can be easily produced, some consumers long for something special — merchandise personalized by human hands. By Jason Diamond In our age of mechanical ...