As well as embroidering the loved one's name, some also sew on a piece of their clothing or a photograph.

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Many settlers in Gaza put on orange Star-of-David patches, a reminder of the yellow ones Nazis forced Jews in the Reich to sew on.

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The core subjects of standing, walking and eating are the same as for women, but the add-ons are a little different: map-reading, car-maintenance, fishing, golf, clay pigeon shooting and how to sew on a button.

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She tells of how, at a corporate golf day shortly after she was appointed, one senior executive ordered her to sew the buttons back on his shirt.

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She's been known to sew buttons, remove stains and even catch you on the way out the door to stop a stocking's run in its tracks with a dab of clear nail polish.

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Emin's own touches are everywhere, from porcelain ornaments of cats, which she collects, to well-worn sofas that add a more personal feel to the space and on which she likes to think, draw and sew.

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