”I love this. I get excited over sewing machines,” said Helene Lambruschi, owner of Sew European, located in the tiny town of Ridgefield. Lambruschi does gets excited over sewing machines; she has a ...

The small, flowing gown is light yellow, trimmed in dainty lace with hand-sewn smocking — a kind of decorative stitching — at the top. A tiny matching bonnet trimmed in lace and satin ribbons sits ...

When Hannah Camilleri felt contractions four months too early, attempts to stop her son Zayden arriving prematurely failed. Zayden was hardly bigger than his mum's arm when he was born at 23 weeks' ...

When I was growing up, my mom would dress my sisters and me in lovely matching outfits, hand-embroidered with delicate smocking designs. Since then, I have had a love for anything with smocking ...