50 Genius Sewing Hacks You Should Know

41 How to Keep Your Buttons from Falling Off

41. How to Keep Your Buttons from Falling Off: When you think of nail polish, it’s probably almost always in the context of a manicure. I mean, that’s what it’s made for, right? But there are plenty of other things you can use clear or colored nail polish for besides painting your nails. Even if you’re a guy living on his own, you should still have a bottle or two at home (though, I wouldn’t recommend keeping it out in plain sight), and I’m going to give 10 good reasons why. #1. Keep Your Buttons from Falling Off Missing buttons suck, especially if you don’t know how to sew them back on. A coat of clear nail polish will keep the thread (via Gabrielle Taylor)

42 How to Take in a Dress Shirt

42. How to Take in a Dress Shirt: As I mentioned, here is the first part of my tutorial on how to take in a dress shirt! At least, the methods and tricks that have worked for me the last few times I have taken in John’s shirts. I’v… (via indigorchid)

43 How to Stitch Perfect Lines for Quilts

43. How to Stitch Perfect Lines for Quilts: Hello!!! I finally finished up the quilted baby Matt I mentioned recently. This is where we left off in the last post.You may recall that I had everything bagged up, in order, ( (via makery)

44 How to Keep Scissors Sharp

44. How to Keep Scissors Sharp: Essential tips to keep scissors sharp! (via Andrea’s Notebook)

45 How to Shorten or Lengthen a Pattern

45. How to Shorten or Lengthen a Pattern: View details for the sewing technique How to shorten or lengthen a pattern on BurdaStyle. (via BurdaStyle.com)