To sew a button, use 24 inches. For other projects, measure the length of the area you want to sew, double it, and then add a few inches.

This generation may know how to Twitter about animated GIF, but can they darn a sock or sew on a patch? Enter Brooklyn-based “craftician” Erin Bried, author of “How to Sew a Button.” ...

“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 ...