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 ...

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 ...

The buttonhole on your suit lapel serves a purpose and is not just for decoration. Learn why it's there and what it's used for.

Buttonholes might seem like a simple, insignificant part of a garment. In fact, they require specialist machinery and know-how – things only a single person in Sydney still has. Mick Salih of Quick ...

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.