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How to Sew a Button: And Other Nifty Things Your Grandmother Knew |  | Author: Erin Bried
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 1674
Media: Paperback
Edition: Original
Pages: 304
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 0345518756
Dewey Decimal Number: 640
EAN: 9780345518750
ASIN: 0345518756
Publication Date: December 15, 2009
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Product Description
“Waste not, want not” with this guide to saving money, taking heart, and enjoying the simple pleasures of life.
Nowadays, many of us “outsource” basic tasks. Food is instant, ready-made, and processed with unhealthy additives. Dry cleaners press shirts, delivery guys bring pizza, gardeners tend flowers, and, yes, tailors sew on those pesky buttons. But life can be much simpler, sweeter, and richer–and a lot more fun, too! As your grandmother might say, now is not the time to be careless with your money, and it actually pays to learn how to do things yourself!
Practical and empowering, How to Sew a Button collects the treasured wisdom of nanas, bubbies, and grandmas from all across the country–as well as modern-day experts–and shares more than one hundred step-by-step essential tips for cooking, cleaning, gardening, and entertaining, including how to
• polish your image by shining your own shoes
• grow your own vegetables (and stash your bounty for the winter)
• sweeten your day by making your own jam
• use baking soda and vinegar to clean your house without toxic chemicals
• feel beautiful by perfecting your posture
• roll your own piecrust and find a slice of heaven
• fold a fitted sheet to crisp perfection
• waltz without stepping on any toes
Complete with helpful illustrations and brimming with nostalgic charm, How to Sew a Button provides calm and comfort in uncertain times. By doing things yourself, with care and attention, you and your loved ones will feel the pleasing rewards of a job well done.
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 Really "nifty!" January 23, 2010
A. Fernandez
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
How To Sew A Button... is a great read. It's got a lot of stuff in it that I'd call "lost arts." I loved the way it was designed and it was fun, as well. If you want to know about stuff that your grandma might have failed to tell you, get this book. It's wonderful! Also, it's about getting back to the basicc things that make life not only easier, but really enjoyable. A must, must read! I also suggest The Big Clean: How to Clean and Organize Your Home and Free Your Mind (Revised and Updated).
As if your best friend suddenly morphed into a Donna Reed-Tina Fey hybrid December 15, 2009
Erin E. Nichols (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
50 out of 64 found this review helpful
Conveniently, as we've all begun to tighten our purse strings, this book has appeared on the scene to offer us more than 100 straightforward and step-by-step how-to's for everyday life. Each is written in a practical yet humor filled and very approachable tone -- as if your best friend suddenly morphed into a Donna Reed-Tina Fey hybrid.
There is so much amazing content between the covers of this guide including how to: hone a knife, iron a shirt (wow do I need to study up on this one), clean an oven, tie a necktie, make a hot toddy, barter, start a book club, wear red lipstick, and my personal favorite how to make a Manhattan. My boyfriend's grandparents always serve Manhattans when we visit and even though I've observed them being mixed a number of times I always seem to forget the steps (probably because one lovingly composed Manhattan goes straight to your head).
I'm confident that you'll find dozens of useful tips in this book. I even discovered additional insights while reading write-ups on tasks that I thought I had down to a science. How to Sew a Button is a fantastic addition to your bedside table. In addition, I believe this title would make an excellent holiday present. Freaking out over what to buy for that friend, relative, or co-worker who has everything? Why not give them the gift of practical knowledge?! It will certainly last longer and be more appreciated than a box of chocolates or a scarf. Besides, after reading this book they'll be able to knit their own.
Great Resource for the younger generations March 25, 2010
Mrs.CH3 (Pinellas County, Florida)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
An easy read, How to Sew a Button is going to be a resource for future generations. Due to the technology overload of generations such as mine and younger, so many of us no longer know how to do practical things that our parents, grandparents and great-grandparents could do without skipping a beat. When starting to write this book the author, Erin, no longer had her grandparents to consult with for wisdom. Therefore, she rounded up ten grandmothers from different backgrounds, all across the country, to give her grandmotherly advice and knowledge.
The book covers topics such as:
- How to make a pie, which Erin tried to do for a group of friends and failed miserably at. I, myself, consider making a pie getting a slice of pumpkin cheesecake pie from Outback during the fall.
- How to properly fold a fitted sheet, the keyword there being properly. I know you all probably think you know how to fold a fitted sheet, but balling it up and tossing it in the linen closet doesn't count. I have been blessed with this lost art, so this advice wasn't needed on my end.
- How to iron a shirt. Now, you may be laughing, but while watching trasy TV the other day I saw a boy on MTV's made who told his coach he had never ironed anything. Seriously? He may need to read that section.
She also has some pretty cool how-to information, like:
- How to scent your home without candles
- How to love your body at any size
- How to brew your own beer
And information on the lost art of thank-you notes. She'll teach you how to write one. With your hands... and a pen... and paper.
And of course, you'll learn How to sew a button.
Erin has a great sense of humor which is reflected in her writing. You'll chuckle while learning a thing or two!
Perfect book for our economic times February 8, 2010
T. Carrell (Lewisville, TX United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Lovely, simple advice on how to handle just about everything in your life. I was raised by my grandmother and I do know how to sew on a button but this book is so much more than that. This book covers so many different topics. Each chapter distills information that you might otherwise buy a whole book to learn. The book itself is such a bargain with all the wonderful information and the ideas have already saved myself and my family money. Thanks so much for this book! We love it!
Helpful and enchanting February 8, 2010
Miss my grandmas (WEST PALM BEACH, FL, US)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
In a time when it's too easy to buy things ready-made and toss things that are frayed, this book and its premise are a refreshing resource.
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