If you’ve popped a button on your shirt, worn down a hem on your pants or busted a seam in your dress, these five hand sewing techniques ... When you’re done, a running stitch will have ...

A sewing machine (or materials for hand-sewing: thread, needles, beeswax and a thimble) Fabric scissors Iron Ironing board Seam ripper (if you plan on removing stitches) A basic hand-sewing kit ...

No prior sewing experience is required. Here’s everything you need to know about hand-sewing stitches to give a second life to your wardrobe.

Garter stitch uses only one stitch – the basic knit stitch ... and over to the right of the right-hand needle tip at the back of the work. Carefully bring the wrapped yarn towards you and ...

Hand stitching is easy ... Yes, and there's a lot of variations. Once you learn the basic stitches, there's a lot of different variations that you can do to the same stitch to change it up ...