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From: MaryW
Date: 12-18-2003, 08:04 AM (1 of 3)
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Please respond here if you can help. Thanks. know how to sew on a button but how do I sew button holes? MaryW
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Member since: 06-23-2005 Total posts: 2542 
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From: DorothyL
Date: 12-18-2003, 08:25 AM (2 of 3)
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If your machine doesn't have a buttonhole setting: Mark where you want the hole and use a narrow zigzag at a very short length along the edge of one side of the line. Make the end stop with a wider zigzag and then a narrow zig zag back up the length of the other side of the line (use reverse) and a wide zig zag across the end. Sometimes you have to go around again. Now put a pin at either end of the hole and slit it with a seam ripper or tiny scissors. The pins will stop the blade if your hand slips or something. If you have to do it by hand -- well my advice is to find a way to avoid it but you can cut first and wrap the raw ends with tiny stitches. There are directions in several books for bound holes. |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: stitchmd
Date: 12-18-2003, 12:13 PM (3 of 3)
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A good way to mark is to do parallel lines of straight stitch about a quarter inch to three eigths inch apart, depending on the fabric weight and buttonhole size. These then serve as a stay stitch and reinforcement to work your zig zags over. Use your button to mark the length and make sure the button falls well within the garment edge. Other considerations are how far from the edge to work the hole, whether to do it vertically or horizontally. Put the garment on an mark where you want them placed, especially doing one at the line of the bust points so there is no gapping. |
User: stitchmd
Member since: 02-25-2003 Total posts: 226 |
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