When you work with your garment, interface the area where you intent to put bound buttonholes to give added support. For each buttonhole, cut a 3-inch square of fabric. If the fabric has a loose ...

Whether you are using a jacket, blouse, or skirt pattern, the buttonhole is positioned five-eighths inch away from the edge of the garment. Buttons and buttonholes, not the finished edge of the ...

No, you're not seeing things. Your suit has a buttonless buttonhole on the lapel. Here's why it's there and what it's used for.

All buttonholes are hand-sewn and functional, the buttons are horn and the lapel buttonhole is real and can hold a flower. (Look at the reverse of the lapel below the buttonhole for the loop that ...

Apply sticky tape to the areas where you require buttonholes in a garment. The tape not only marks the position, but holds the fabric firm. Work the buttonholes over the tape, then remove it when ...

“Buying this one single garment is like getting several along for free,” says the Button Masala founder at Inde Pop Up – Handmade Stories, a festival of workshops, fashion and food held at ...

A hand-sewn buttonhole stitch is one of the most simple stitches, and though hand stitching buttonholes takes time, it beats giving up on a garment.