Category Archives: Sewing

How to Replace a Broken Zip on a Backpack

This is the third post this year in a series on basic sewing and mending skills. In January, it was all about getting started (threading a needle, making a knot) here and in February I explained how to sew on a button here. This month I am tackling the problem of a broken zip onContinueContinue reading “How to Replace a Broken Zip on a Backpack”

How to Sew on a Button

This is the second of the Basic Sewing Skills posts this year (find the first on how to thread a needle and make a knot in your thread here). A button coming off a garment should never be a reason to just throw it away. Sewing on a button is not difficult. How to sew aContinueContinue reading “How to Sew on a Button”