Tag Archives: Buttons

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”

Decorative mending 1

Photos of ‘boro’ the Japanese art of decorative mending are so engaging. The idea of patching an old garment with additional pieces of cloth – using stitches that are meant to be seen – are bound to appeal to a patchworker like myself (who also likes embroidery).  Just look at the examples on an excellentContinueContinue reading “Decorative mending 1”