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, ...

Whether you're an experienced seamstress or simply need to sew a button back onto your favorite shirt, one of the hardest parts of the process is threading the needle. No matter how hard you try, it ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — When you think of problem solving skills, you probably don’t think of embroidery or sewing. Well, a grant from a Champaign organization is making sure some schools have the ...

Still squinting at the eye of the needle, repeatedly poking the end of your thread right next to the hole and getting increasingly frustrated? No shame, we’ve been doing that for years. But if you ...

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 ...

“Cover your mouth, cover your mouth!” shouted my sister Donna, as I did my best one-armed sprint across the lush green meadow toward the pavilion where my parents, aunt and uncle awaited us with big ...

It's one of life's many little irritations. You're trying to thread a needle and failing time after time. No matter how often you wet the end of the cotton and jab it at the eye of the needle, and no ...