and to use a zigzag stitch for sewing on a patch. You really don’t need to purchase an expensive machine if you are just getting started—just make sure that you don’t purchase something that ...

It’s also helpful to have sewing or safety pins, a straightedge, and a piece of chalk, but you can get by without those items. When choosing patch material, try to match its weight and type to ...

Thread and knot your sashiko needle. Start to stitch along the first seam of your patch. Make sure that the knot is on the inside of the patch for the first stitch and that it goes through both ...

Grandma does. This generation may know how to Twitter about animated GIF, but can they darn a sock or sew on a patch? Enter Brooklyn-based “craftician” Erin Bried, author of “How to Sew a ...

Got a split seam in your backpack? A shirt button you need to sew back on? Or, if you’re ambitious, a hole in your jeans you’d like to patch? Let’s talk about the basics of repairing clothes ...