Buttons come in two varieties—shanked and unshanked. Shanked buttons have a small protruding stem on the back, whereas unshanked buttons have holes running through them. Which you choose is a question ...

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 ...

Denise Wild from LoveSewing.com, Real Simple’s Stephanie Sisco and Sur La Table’s Joel Gamoran demonstrate easy ways to handle household tasks such as sewing a button, folding and ironing sheets, and ...

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 ...

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, ...