How To Sew A Button

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 1, 2010
Self magazine senior staff writer Erin Bried, author of How to Sew a Button: And Other Nifty Things Your Grandmother Knew (Ballantine Books, 2009), passes along the everyday grandmotherly wisdom she has acquired.

What did your grandmother teach you? What particular tricks or advice did you glean from an older friend or relative? Comment below!

The Brian Lehrer Show staff has compiled their favorite grandma songs on the blog. Check it out here and suggest your own!

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