This button fell off ... which includes needles and miniature spools of thread. Sewing shears: Dull scissors make cutting fabric messy and difficult. Spring for a new, sharp pair ...

If there are some wobbly buttons, now is the best time to secure them before they are lost. Measure out 24 inches of thread ...

I think of my grandfather, who learned to mend clothes and sew on buttons during the war and ... and the machine into the wall. Place the spool of thread onto the thread pin.