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 ...

Sewing on a lost button is like doing your taxes – it’s inevitable, it’s a hassle and not doing it makes you look like a delinquent. Nobody looks good with a gaping hole in his dress shirt or a safety ...

“How to Sew a Button: And Other Nifty Things Your Grandmother Knew” by Erin Bried had me at the word “nifty.” But the book is actually a really cool concept since there are tons of things my grandma ...

New Yorkers think they know everything, but they don’t. Grandma does. This generation may know how to Twitter about animated GIF, but can they darn a sock or sew on a patch? Enter Brooklyn-based ...

SAN ANTONIO – Editor's note: Adulting Hacks is a series featured exclusively on KSAT News at 9. Have you ever left a shirt hanging in a closet for months because you didn't know how to sew a button ...

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 ...

Every time you get your favourite shirt back from the dry cleaners, there's another button missing. But no need to take it to a professional. There's really nothing to this simplest of sewing skills.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tons of clothes come with an extra button or two when you first buy them, just in case one accidentally pops off. Anyone else have ...