Paige Russell has always been enamored with textiles. Growing up in Detroit, the Los Angeles–based founder of Eloi (ee-loy) learned to knit and sew at a young age, and was making her own clothes and ...

You may be familiar with origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, but chances are you haven’t come across smocking. This technique refers to the way fabric can be bunched by stitches, often made in ...