We're in our ‘fix it’ era! Along with learning how to un-shrink our clothes, fix a broken zipper and clean our suede shoes, we're also improving our sewing skills – and that starts with learning how ...

Like other DIY hobbies, including gardening and baking bread, the pandemic has turned mending clothes into an essential skill — and something cool people are doing and posting about on social media.

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, ...

Repair Café Whanganui volunteer Pat Livesley wants to teach people how to sew on buttons. To most older people, sewing a button on a garment is a basic skill learned in childhood. But it’s not ...