Whether you want to mend a ripped pair of jeans, re-attach a lost button, hem too-long curtains, or try out some beginner-level embroidery projects, there’s one crucial thing you’ll need to know how ...

Threading a needle takes lots of patience and too much time for most people, but a hack that's going viral is here to change that. Instead of trying to insert the thread into the tiny eye of the ...

The usual way, as had been handed down through the ages, is, of course, to squint one eye, take the fraying end of a piece of string, and, with some help from saliva and scissors, jab it through the ...

Most of us when trying to thread a needle will get the thread wet in order to pass it more easily through. However, sewing blog BeSewStylish.com suggests that you wet the eye of the needle instead.

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