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From: SheliaHC
Date: 03-29-2007, 12:23 PM (1 of 5)
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I need to know how to repair a buttonhole. The thread has come loose on one side of a buttonhole on a jacket. Shelia |
User: SheliaHC
Member since: 12-28-2005 Total posts: 95 |
From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 03-29-2007, 06:14 PM (2 of 5)
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The only way I have ever done it successfully is with a needle and thread and do the repair with hand stitches.. Takes a long time because you have to be so careful with your stitches.. Good Luck...
Sew With Love
Libby |
User: LeapFrog Libby
Member since: 05-01-2002 Total posts: 2022 
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From: Pudge99
Date: 03-30-2007, 09:23 AM (3 of 5)
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I have had some luck with iron on interfacing. Cut a small piece. Iron it to the backside of your buttonhole making sure that the buttonhole is completely closed in the front. Then I just sew a new buttonhole right over the top of the old one. Cut it open and voila, brand new buttonhole. Gina
Pictures of my successes and failures Pfaff 2040 Janome Mylock 134D Singer Futura CE-100 w/ Autopunch Husqvarna Viking 3D Sketch |
User: Pudge99
Member since: 10-30-2001 Total posts: 1375 |
From: SheliaHC
Date: 03-30-2007, 10:02 AM (4 of 5)
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Thanks Libby and Gina. Not sure I'm ready to try the new button hole over the old one yet, I may have to practice that on something that's ready for rags. Kind of figured I would have to hand sew but thought it couldn't hurt to ask if there were any tricks to making it look nice. Shelia |
User: SheliaHC
Member since: 12-28-2005 Total posts: 95 |
From: paroper
Date: 04-01-2007, 09:06 PM (5 of 5)
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You can sometimes match the button hole well look well enough that you can manually match the button hole and just work one side from the inside of the hole. The interfacing can be a real life saver if the problem is the hole itself deteriorating. If it is just stitching that has come out, then it doesn't matter.
pam
Bernina 200e, Artista V5 Designer Plus, Explorations, Magic Box, Bernina 2000DE & 335 Bernette Serger, Bernina 1530 Sewing Machine, Bernina 1300 DC Overlock (with coverstitch) |
User: paroper
Member since: 02-03-2004 Total posts: 3775 |
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