The Value of Craft

Thoughts on tailoring as craft, the skills behind alterations, and why handwork still matters.

Tailoring is one of the oldest crafts. For centuries, skilled hands have cut, shaped, and stitched fabric into garments that fit particular bodies. This knowledge passes from one generation to the next, refined over time.

In an age of automation, craft work can seem anachronistic. But there are things that hands do better than machines. Understanding how fabric will behave when altered. Feeling the weight of material and knowing how it will drape. Making adjustments by touch and instinct developed over years of practice.

Our tailors at Alter & Spruce bring this kind of knowledge to their work. They have spent years learning their trade. They understand the small decisions that determine whether an alteration succeeds or falls short.

Regal Fabrics has worked with textiles in this region since 1952. That heritage informs what we do. We believe in the value of skilled work done well. In taking time to do things properly. In respecting both the materials and the people who will wear them.

Craft is not about nostalgia. It is about recognizing that some things are worth doing thoughtfully, with care and intention. That is what we aim for here.