I have so many people come into my shop saying something like    “I can’t even sew on a button”. Mary Maxim Needlework  How sad it is that a whole generation has lost out on learning how to do just the basic skills of sewing.   Sewing buttons on to clothes doesn’t have to be difficult.  In fact it will take you just a few minutes with my quick and easy technique.     Follow these steps and you will have your buttons on in no time at all.   1. Pull the thread from the reel and pull out to arms length   2. Now pull out another arms length of cotton.  This means you now have a very long piece of cotton   3. Fold the cotton into two making sure that the ends are even   4. You now have a fold one end and two joins the other end   5. Thread the two joins into the…

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