It has happened to the best of us: The shopping disaster day. We drag ourself from shop to shop, searching for that perfect dress and go home empty-handed and frustrated. But what if I told you that ...

Amid the whirl of sewing machines and bins holding stacks of fabric and bobbins of multicolored thread, each volunteer has a job on Monday mornings: to cut, iron or sew “Dresses of Hope.” The five ...