Has this ever happened to you? A button clatters in the clothes
dryer, and now you can't wear your favorite shirt. In this busy
age of instant gratification, many people have never learned how
to sew on a button. Here is a step-by-step guide for the first-
time sewer. To sew on a button, you will need a needle, thread
and scissors. Pull off a length of thread, about as long as your
arm, and cut the thread cleanly with the scissors. Insert the
cut end into your mouth and moisten it with your saliva. Close
your lips around it so the thread will taper to a point as you
withdraw it from your mouth. Hold the needle so you can see
light shining through the hole (the eye). Carefully insert the
moist point of the thread through the eye of the needle. Then
let go of the thread and grasp the part that is sticking through
the needle and pull it until the needle is in the center of the
length of thread. Match the two ends of the thread together.
Lick your index finger. Wrap the double thread once around your
index finger,