If you're anything like us, you have a pile of cardigans, coats and shirts with missing and loose buttons, that have waited to be mended for far too long now. Or, you have an item (perhaps a vintage ...

When finishing up a sewing project, you may often find that you're left with an assortment of fabric odds and ends that you're not totally sure what to do with. Enter: this simple scrap-busting ...

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 ...