• Home
  • Suggest A DIY
  • DIY Newsletter

Craft Gossip

The largest independent craft review site since 2007


CraftGossip.com may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site.
  • About CraftGossip
  • Our Network
    • Bath & Body Crafts
    • Candle Making Ideas
    • Crochet Ideas
    • Cross Stitch
    • Edible Crafts
    • Felting Patterns
    • Glass Art
    • Home & Garden Ideas
    • Indie Crafts
    • Jewelry Making
    • Kids Crafts
    • Knitting Patterns
    • Lesson Plans
    • Needlework
    • Party Ideas
    • Polymer Clay
    • Quilting Ideas
    • Recycled Crafts
    • Scrapbooking
    • Sewing Patterns
    • Stamping
    • DIY Weddings
    • Not Craft Ideas
  • Giveaways
  • Roundups
  • Christmas
  • Search
  • Our Store

How do you sew without a machine?

November 26, by Vikram Goyal.

A funny thing happened today. While in transit, I lost a button on my trousers. The only button that was holding my trousers up and from me being a major embarrassment in an airport!

Luckily, with the help of some fast thinking airline crew, I was able to save some dignity because they found some needle and thread that helped me sew the button back in a toilet and retain some dignity.

While I was hand sewing the button, I was thinking – has the art of hand sewing been lost these days? Do kids these days know that you can actually hand-sew?

Check out the gown pictured above. It was completely hand sewn. And why not! Sewing machines weren’t invented till the mid-19th century.

So how does one get started hand sewing? By not starting out with a gown like that of course :).

Start with these simple projects:

Martha Stewart’s hand sewing practice projects

Pruce’s hand sewing beginners projects

I am happy to state that my hand sewing skills that my mum taught me have kept me in good stead and the button that I sewed, stayed sewn till the end of the flight.

Read These Next

  • Practical Alternatives To Toilet Paper
  • Color COVID-19 Blues Away This Summer With Coloring Books
«
»

Comments

  1. Ruth says

    November 26, 2017 at 6:09 pm

    Yet another reason to make sure you always carry a small sewing kit! And especially some safety pins in several sizes, always, always handy things.

Have you read?

Needle Felted Cup Cozy! Free Tutorial!

Great collection of creative gift packaging embellishments

Clear Slime Recipe and Ocean Slime for Kids

Combine Knit and Crochet in the Sutton Shawlette

How to Make Your Own Sew In Labels

Support Us




RSS From The Network

  • Great collection of creative gift packaging embellishments
  • Clear Slime Recipe and Ocean Slime for Kids
  • Combine Knit and Crochet in the Sutton Shawlette
  • How to Make Your Own Sew In Labels
  • Modern Farmhouse Style Towel Trims Crochet Pattern
  • The Rory Baby Blanket Knit Pattern
  • “Currently Doing” Teen Layout
  • Apple Shaped Gift Box for Teacher
  • How to Make Punch Needle Threaders
  • Knotted Corner Pillow Cover Sewing Tutorial

Trending popular ideas

7 Stunningly Simple Quilt Block Tutorials
6 Christmas Decorations Made From Sheet Music
Popsicle Stick DIY Knitting Loom
9 Crafts For Your 18" American Girl Dolls
7 Ways To Refashion Old Denim Jeans
12 Jam Recipes For Your Fall Canning And Preserving
7 Indoor Firewood Storage Solutions
7 FREE Tutorials To Make A Girl's Sundress
6 Express Yourself Coloring Pages
8 DIY Photo Backdrop Ideas

Copyright © 2022 · CraftGossip | Start Here | Contact Us | Link to Us | Your Editors | Privacy and affiliate policy