When the thread buildup looks similar to the other buttons, remove the extra sewing needle sitting on top of the button and pull the thread tight. Wrap the needle around the extra thread ...

Luckily, there’s a simple hack that makes threading a needle and starting your next sewing project easier than ever—all without risking any finger pricks. All you need is a spare toothbrush.

Most have at least one buttonhole option as well, which creates the stitched edges around the keyhole for a button. Entry-level sewing machines typically have 30 or so different stitch options ...

At Charlotte's Sewing Shop & School in Torrington, owned and run by Charlotte Stowe, students learn to make their own clothes and gain plenty of other skills.

A little more than a year after the first sewing-machine patent was granted, Mr. BEAN, of New-York, obtained a patent for using the common sewing-needle with machinery.

The best kits come with the obvious - a needle and thread - but also with a few extras like a small pair of scissors, an unpicker, spare buttons and a tape measure.

When you sew with a needle and thread, you use a single line of thread and it winds in and out of your fabric, creating a chain that holds pieces together. In a sewing machine, there are two ...

Why it made the cut: With a motor that is 60 percent more powerful than most, the Singer 4423 sewing machine handles thick seams and heavy-duty fabrics such as denim and canvas. Sew through denim ...

Looking for some help with today's NYT Connections? Some hints and the answers for today's game are right here to help keep ...

Test your vision and attention to detail with this needle in a haystack seek-and-find brain teaser created by Gergely Dudás, a graphic artist from Budapest, Hungary.