Several buttons on my favorite jacket have broken, so I trotted off and bought at entire set of new ones. While I was removing the old buttons, I realized there was a MUCH easier way to attached them than laboriously sewing them over and over with plain sewing thread.
I grabbed some embroidery floss from the box and threaded a large needle. Tied a knot in the end of the floss, leaving maybe an inch beyond the knot. One stab up, a stab through the shank of the button, another stab down and knotted the ends of the thread. Done!
I removed and reattached all seven buttons in about twenty minutes.
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