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How to Sew On a Button So It Stays On for Years

A button pops off your coat on the way to work, you stitch it back that evening, and three weeks later it is dangling by a single thread again.

JCJunie CastellanNov 4, 2026Sewing and Textiles
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Close view of hands stitching a four-hole button onto a blue shirt with a toothpick laid across it, a spool of thread nearby

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Three makers who work with their hands before they write about it: one builds furniture and teaches basic joinery, one sews and mends for a small alterations clientele, and one turns salvaged materials into sellable pieces at weekend markets. Every article carries a byline, and nothing runs that the writer has not actually made.

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