Knowing how to sew on a button can save a lot of frustration, not to mention money. If a button has just popped off your favorite coat or shirt, then there’s no sense in throwing it away. It can ...

For as long as I can remember, I've been sewing buttons back onto shirts for my dad and three brothers. It used to be easy when we lived in the same house. But as us kids have grown up and moved away, ...

1. Take twelve inches of thread, knotted securely at one end, and thread your needle. Make a single stitch in the shirt in line with the row of buttons, about ⅛ inch long, and then make another stitch ...

If you're anything like us, you have a pile of cardigans, coats and shirts with missing and loose buttons, that have waited to be mended for far too long now. Or, you have an item (perhaps a vintage ...

We're in our ‘fix it’ era! Along with learning how to un-shrink our clothes, fix a broken zipper and clean our suede shoes, we're also improving our sewing skills – and that starts with learning how ...

Erin Bried knows what intimidates people. “I’ve talked to so many powerful men and women who say, ‘Omigod, I don’t know how to sew on a button.’ And it’s like: ‘You run a company. Why are you ...