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What do you do when your favorite shirt loses a button or your pants get a hole? Knowing how to sew can be a lifesaver, especially for college students. BYU offers sewing classes tailored to all skill ...

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Long before basic sewing needle options evolved as “sharps” or “betweens,” cave-era folks simply threaded bone shard and animal horn with sinew or plant fiber to stitch animal skins into outerwear.