Erin Bried knows what intimidates people. “I’ve talked to so many powerful men and women who say, ‘Omigod, I don’t know how to sew on a button.’ And it’s like: ‘You run a company.

Knowing how to sew on a button can save a lot of frustration, not to mention money. If a button has just popped off your favorite coat or shirt, then there’s no sense in throwing it away.

For as long as I can remember, I've been sewing buttons back onto shirts for my dad and three brothers. It used to be easy when we lived in the same house. But as us kids have grown up and moved ...

Enter Brooklyn-based “craftician” Erin Bried, author of “How to Sew a Button.” She polled 10 grandmothers for advice on preserving and polishing your wardrobe. They gave her an earful.

Learning how to sew on a button is a good life skill to have. That’s why Kelli Ellingson has added a sewing unit into her Life Skills and Personal Finance class in Floodwood. “We were getting ...