Buttonhole Sewing Secrets Every Beginner Should Learn (COMPLETE GUIDE)

[@macquadj]

Yes please, more on bound buttonholes

[@joannecava2418]

Yes! Bound button hole video Please!

[@CynthiaDorr]

I would love to see a video on bound button holes and one on how to do button holes by hand. Looking forward to seeing more videos.

[@robynnordstrom7799]

I’d love to see a bound buttonhole tutorial. I’ve bookmarked your burrito method tutorial because it was incredibly clear and helpful!

[@maryann1187]

Can you discuss when to use vertical vs horizontal button holes?

[@Lily.Mac56]

I'd love to see a hand sewn buttonhole video!

[@jennnpurdy]

Yes! Bound button holes!!

[@glennsabatka7360]

Please make a bound button hole video.

[@judithglavas9030]

I would love to see a video on bound buttonholes.

[@virginiajohnson4217]

This was great! Buttonholes have always been my nemesis. I would love to see both a bound buttonhole video as well as a hand bound video.

[@SeamworkVideo]

Thanks, I'll see what I can do!

[@katewest3478]

I'd love to see a bound button-hole video...

[@jodikasper7995]

Bound buttonholes and hand sewn ones as well please.

[@millysews5646]

Great vidoe. Thanks for the all the useful information.

[@SeamworkVideo]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@heatherpollock2370]

Thank you for the video. I would like to add that sometimes different sewing machines can be kind of persnickety about buttonholes. I have found that with my Brother machines I get the best result for buttonholes if I use the tips you gave above and silk thread in the top and bottom bobbin of the machine.

[@philescapes]

I wish I had seen this before I made my last shirt… I learnt the hard way about Fray check and chalk marks!

[@mknowles2090]

Yes please on hand sewing

[@kimmyshields5004]

This is fantastic, thank you! Could you also do a video on how to properly sew on buttons? I feel like everything button-down I've made so far I've kind of just been eyeballing button placement. When I trace the button placement from my pattern pieces I feel like things tend to move and shift around and by the time I'm ready to make my buttonholes and attach my buttons they look way off from each other.

[@Yorkygirl59]

Forget the button placement on the pattern piece. Mark the buttonholes where you want them (I start at the bust level then place them evenly above and below that point, as well as the neck band, so that the bust does not gape). Then centre and pin your buttonhole band over the button band, matching top and bottom, and stick a pin through the centre of each buttonhole and mark or pin that point on the button band. Then sew buttons on, placing the centre of the button over that mark you've made.

[@kimmyshields5004]

@@Yorkygirl59 Thank you!

[@SeamworkVideo]

Great tips!

[@HouseofMolake]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉great

[@francescaa7093]

Loved this, thank you. I have an irrational fear of machine buttonholes and end up doing them by hand... in one extreme case of avoidance I made a bra in the same lawn as my dress to avoid putting buttonholes in the placket😂😂😂. Love the bra tho, nice and cool🎉

[@joulsw3739]

Bound please. Definitely recommend using stabiliser/interfacing on stretch. I have some shop bought jersey pjs, no interfacing on placket and now all come unbuttoned in the night. Unwearable pjs now 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@vivenna]

Somehow even with fray check and the sharp clover buttonhole cutter, the fabric still frays over time into ugly strands… would this be solved potentially by ironing the interfacing to the top layer (instead of the placket inner layer)? I usually hide the interfacing layer on the inside, just in case. My interfacing often starts coming loose after multiple washes despite using only brand ones and steam pressing far longer than the package says. I must be still doing something wrong

[@SeamworkVideo]

You wouldn't want to put the interfacing on the top layer since it would likely show through. You might want to experiment with using a bit more fray check.

[@catherineorzechowski6358]

What is the pattern of the top you are wearing in the video?

[@SeamworkVideo]

It's the Seamwork Benning dress: www.seamwork.com/catalog/benning

[@jeanetteb.pedersen8164]

My problem with button holes is on waistbands. The unevenness of the seams on either side trips up the buttonhole foot. None of your tips help with this. I can test all I want and use all the stabilisers I want but the problem persists that the foot just gets stuck midway through the buttonhole.

[@arlenemurphy804]

I was dealing with that issue on a placket. I understand.

[@SeamworkVideo]

There is a tool called a jean-a-ma-jig, or sometimes called a hump jumper, or a buttonhole stabilizer plate. They all serve the same purpose -- to help stabilize your buttonhole foot over uneven seams. I recommend giving one a try!

[@arlenemurphy804]

@@SeamworkVideo thank you. I do have one. I will give it a try.

[@karen-zb7pu]

I avoid buttonholes. I think I just need to make abut ten shirts with loads of buttonholes until I get it right.

[@karen-zb7pu]

And while I am okay at bound buttonholes, I would love a video on hand sewn buttonholes and also on the really fun threading that is now used on mending patches.