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, ...

Basic sewing skills required; if you don't have these then get yourself along to a local craft group or watch How to Sew a Button (youtube.com). Cut the wire to approx 25cm, then thread the first ...

Long before basic sewing needle options evolved as “sharps” or “betweens,” cave-era folks simply threaded bone shard and animal horn with sinew or plant fiber to stitch animal skins into outerwear.