How to Sew a Button

This book caught my attention, not only because of the great cover art, but also because recently I attempted to make my own curtains. Nothing fancy (which they aren’t), just to keep the city light out a bit (which they do). I took the easy option and used Heat & Bond with an iron yet sewing on the mind.

Sewing is one of those domestic things that when you see someone doing it, you think, “Wow. She’s good.” It is like the “one-up” to any casserole you could produce, any cake you could frost or anything you can make sparkle – the echelon of housewife deeds. Not to be outdone, Nestlettes need to be in the know especially when it comes to things of a domestic nature.

The how-to guide How to Sew a Button will prepare you for any situation that may possibly (even in the slightest) present itself to you and make you a domestic phenomenon. Need to tie a tie? Allow me! Feel like a slice of pie? I will whip one up. Want a Manhattan? Coming right up! Based on the musings of generations of housewives that precede us (the ones who had to do things the “old-fashioned way”), on more than just buttons, from cooking to cleaning to entertaining, this guide will help make you look more clever than June Cleaver.

For some things, there is Mastercard; for others, nothing feels better than saying you did it yourself and the modest acceptance of oh-so impressed praise that follows!