How To Make A Buttonhole Hand Stitch

Learn how to create your own buttonholes by hand.
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[@Iv1309]

People say it looks ugly. But I don't think she made this buttonhole to be perfect but to show in an obvious enlarged way the basics. If you really want to make a buttonhole you use thinner thread in the same color as the fabric with smaller stitches and a smaller needle. And if you do that with this technique I think you'll get good buttonholes. But this didn't need to be beautiful. It needed to be visible. And that's what she did. And she explained it all very clearly. Thank you for posting this and just ignore the people bitching around here!

[@ruthopene1501]

Iv1309

[@lorenzoandrew6130]

A tip : watch movies on flixzone. I've been using it for watching all kinds of movies these days.

[@lelandkane9948]

@Lorenzo Andrew Yea, been using Flixzone for since december myself :)

[@ProfessorPincushion]

Yes, you can definitely use machine thread. I just like using embroidery thread because it's easier to see in our demo.

[@Samantha-yy1in]

A very straightforward and easy demo.Thank you : )

[@rockeysingh8841]

Dear Professor Pincushion, WOW,FINALLY,THANK GOD FOR YOU. MANY unreasonable thanks for your simple, clear and uncomplicated video on this subject. Points to be made are: 1) you did not thankfully torture viewers with unnecessary and foolish music 2) you gave clear and precise verbal guidance and guidelines 3) you executed each of your moves in a slow and thoughtful manner allowing viewers to follow them fully 4) MOST IMPORTANTLY you explained the

[@swagswig]

Thank you, I wanted to surprise my husband with some new buttons for some old shirts hes had since we met and the holes needed to be resized for the new buttons and this was a good help with that, thank you 🖤

[@ShirinDelsooz]

Very nice! I didn't know buttonholes require so much equipment!

[@dianapelletier6384]

I am so grateful to you! I have watched so many handmade buttonhole videos and I just couldn't get it. Your instructions are so clear! I just made 4 lovely buttonholes. Thanks.

[@flowercy17]

OMG!!!! you saved my life in my home economics subject in school!!!

[@ProfessorPincushion]

I would practice on some scrap fabric though so you can get the hang of it before trying it on your nice fabric. Good luck! I'd love to see how it works out for you.

[@giannamaderis8017]

Just sewed a button back on to a shirt for the first time in my life using this video. Thank you!

[@neldamurray4357]

out of numerous videos & website... I FINALLY got it!! THANK YOU!!

[@janbell744]

Best video on hand sewn buttonhole so far. thanks

[@wiredone3308]

i watched like five vids said heres how, then i hit this one and she showed me how, nice. now i go try.

[@10achus]

Hooray. Your tutorial gives me the option to use the large domed button I considered perfect for my cape.

[@ProfessorPincushion]

10achus I'm so glad I was able to help :)

[@kalit5917]

Thanks for the tutorial. My mch just crashed. This helps me finish my project

[@anneliesebeneze2471]

Genius! Thank you for your demo. It definitely gave me solutions to most of my projects :)

[@ProfessorPincushion]

So you just want a cutout in a heart shaped? I don't know any machine that can do this. You have a couple options. I would apply interfacing to the wrong side of the fabric, just a little bigger than your desired shape. This will stabilize the area. Cut your heart. You can do the buttonhole stitch shown in this tutorial to finish around the edges. Or use the zigzag stitch on your machine. Just shorten the width of the stitch and the zigzag stitch will create a satin stitch look.

[@cameodove]

Love this very informative video on creating a heirloom quality button hole!! I love the look, character and durability that only hand stitching can present! You did a great job in showing each step!

[@balathegreat8463]

Very nice video. Since it is shown step by step slowly, was able to understand clearly. Thankyou

[@ProfessorPincushion]

Glad we were able to help! :)

[@max2grant]

Thanks for the straightforward demo

[@jsweat69]

My son goes, "what Are you watching?!?" Lol, the kids heard, "butthole." Lol

[@Stuttsis]

I never knew I could come across what I really needed. I own an old machine that doesn´t have many settings, and yeah, NO buttonholes. So thank you for showing this!

[@tracyvision]

This is perfect, thank you. My buttonhole foot just would *not* cooperate today so hand sewing to the rescue.

[@snteevveetns]

Planning to use this on a backpack to create an opening to pass through a hydration hose. Great info!

[@sapientswim09]

Thank you my new sewing savior!

[@Iheart2cook]

Very well done. I've added this to my favorites as I know I will need to reference this technique again. Thank you so much!

[@KK7THK]

I’m just finding this video now (that I’ve subbed for her Premium channel) and I’m actually trying to avoid using my machine to make button holes 😂 This makes perfect sense, but now I just have to muster up the strength to do this 16 times over for a trench coat I’m making!!! 🤦‍♀️ 😂

[@donnaquinn6746]

Thanks for the video. You made it Very simple and video was nice clear and easy to hear you. Some videos of others are very hard to hear.

[@tamicaskey6121]

your tutorial made this so much easier! my machine doesn't do buttonholes.

[@ontain]

Thank you so much for the video! It was by far one of the best educational tutorial I've seen. Very clear and easy to watch. Hope I'll be able to recreate it! 😁

[@rayeneblg2238]

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[@iJulianS]

Great tutorial, just what I needed, thank you! :)

[@shanksre6186]

Thank you, this was really helpful 🇬🇧

[@KamakNeApiMalimawata]

You are really good in presentation. Wish If I talk like you :)

[@martinakizZz]

my buttonholes look like buttonholes with this tutorial, great :D

[@theresep7386]

Excellent directions & video

[@verynotreally]

*looks up how to hand-stitch buttonhole* "I'm drawing this line so I can use my sewing machine to..." I don't have a sewing machine. That's why I'm looking up how to hand-stitch something.

[@dannahbanana11235]

Exactly what I was thinking... I don't own a sewing machine...

[@cometkatt]

you dont have to use a machine for this part. you can a: just use the drawn lines as your guides or b: if you want the added stability of the sewn outer lines do a simple running stitch following the lines. the only reason that is done is for stability of the layers so a running stitch should be more than enough -

[@azizabrown]

Exactly! How to “ hand sew” a button is what I clicked for

[@dannichols6261]

@@cometkatt Yes, with just a little bit of thought, people should be able to understand that.

[@RocLobo358]

This is old but you could just make a running stitch or pin it if you don’t have a machine

[@bellahonor1107]

thank you now i wont have any problems with my project

[@smathus]

I think on the ends I would take the thread up through the line of the box on the top. So instead of going from the hole you just cut, you would take your needle down through the very top line, then bring your needle up through the same bottom line you have been sewing on. So your stitches would continue in the same direction instead of fanning it out on the ends. Everything would remain square. This would create a bar tack on the ends, but I don't think I would make them too big, maybe 3 or 4 stitches across. So instead of rounded ends you would have rectangular ends.

[@carish1452]

Start at 3:48 if you already have a hole that just needs to be sealed with the stitching. I used the techniques to seal a hole for adding buttonhole elastic to cinch the waist in my pants. Fray check would've likely soaked through the layers and been too visible on the exterior of the waistband. I've had that happen before 🤦

[@jsilva7586]

Thank you for sharing that was very helpful

[@TheMe6996]

my mother wants me to tell you not to call it the wrong side, you might hurt its feelings. lol haha

[@ProfessorPincushion]

ha! if it makes her feel any better, it totally deserved it. :)

[@ProfessorPincushion]

I will put it on my list

[@ariesfairies]

Gonna help with my project so much, awesome!

[@reneesmusing12]

Love it!!!! Thanks!

[@kristieprice8842]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I got it now :)

[@dominicweber]

Should you go with the grain, against it, or in bias? I mean lengthwise?

[@teadammit]

I feel silly asking, but I can’t quite make it out - did you make a knot at the end of your thread to prevent it pulling out when you completed that first stitch? Or is the thread being held in place by the tension of the looping behind the needle?

[@ishwarilaughing6256]

Thank you this is so helpful! What is the liquid sealant you mentioned? I've never heard of it!

[@xpoohx105]

awesome tutorial, i new youtube would not fail me!

[@davidgoesnanners]

Great video. Thanks!

[@line890910]

thank you so much!

[@ketsuekikurochi7647]

I always wonder though, why do we need the box outside it, rather than just cutting a slit for the button to go through?

[@amybethstephens2069]

The fabric will fray and the hole will enlarge causing the button to get loose. The box helps to protect the surrounding fabric from wear and tear :)

[@ketsuekikurochi7647]

@@amybethstephens2069 tq for replying

[@animeOfDarkness405]

i removed velcro very carefully but i like replace buttons and clip on costume skirt

[@TheSonykiss]

Thanks so much for your help.

[@yasirafzal6920]

Great tutorial.

[@ProfessorPincushion]

About 15 minutes I think. I'm pretty slow. It's definitely faster to use a sewing machine

[@griselmartinez1061]

Actually it’s not well done!

[@beaniegreen4849]

Why not baste the box around your button hole? Why use the machine? Just asking.

[@luciarenas1761]

Did anyone laugh whenever she said buttonhole? It sounded like she said butthole. No one? I apologize for being so immature.

[@ReticulatingSplines_]

haha my husband was wondering what in the world I was watching...

[@angelica534]

I cannot unhear this now 😂

[@thraxmurmillon1940]

draw a line around the butthole

[@AnnaCMeyer]

And her "tangled" sounded to me like "tinkled".

[@beaniegreen4849]

I notice she seldom uses an ending "T" or "D" on words; this may be American regional accent. Generally she sews well. She doesn't use gimp, and does not talk about the type of thread she uses. She is used to buttonholing with a machine, not handsewing them. It's a heavy button hole.

[@คิมโปรไก่]

very good

[@LifeBySpades]

Is this similar or essentially a blanket stitch?

[@KabbaVArtAndDesign]

Thank you for your tutorial. I'm sorry for all the a-holes that are throwing hate. I will practice this technique.

[@beaniegreen4849]

there are some tailors watching this in horror. And it is not hate to criticize poor technique.

[@Iquey]

Awesome! Thank you! Now I can put buttons on my button-less jacket. :/

[@trxabcx]

OMGG!!!!!! Thnks For MAking my exam scores Higher

[@richardjecooke8036]

Why do you need two layers of fabric?

[@Jerymiawasabullfrog]

very helpful, thankyou

[@MrSeanOtis]

Hello....if possible can you do a video on hand-sewing a flat-felled seam? Thanks!

[@DG123z]

You have to make sure that your gauge is at a 90 degree angle to your center line..lol It's just like using a combination square in carpentry ;)

[@mothersoul1]

Hi Why was your bottom line on the diagonal?

[@donnab6391]

A bar tack at the end looks nicer.

[@finlandsquishies8776]

ได้ความรู้มากเลยคะ😂

[@zakirsardar5597]

So nice

[@marciamelbourne7106]

It could have been a bit neater

[@standepain]

Uh, you have to bring the string under every time! lol I don't need a button hole that bad but really cool tutorial. Makes me appreciate what my Mom and Grandmother would do for me even more!

[@mrfujipp1917]

🌿🍄🌾💐🌷🍀☘️🍁🌸🌼 Thank you very much.

[@MB-st7be]

This video is three times longer than it needs to be

[@tegay6623]

I’m just a little lost as to why you kept going left instead of going to the right. I’m a beginner so just learning

[@jaysongillham]

left handed?

[@febrezerocks]

what kind of thread are you using? can i just use the same kind of thread i use on my sewing machine? or does the thread have to be thicker?

[@mettm2181]

thank you

[@akasp5999]

My father was a tailor and remember him making button holes but I forgot, so long ago. Not going to comment on this button hole(?).

[@ronaldhackett8545]

When appliquaying howto use the button hole stitch? How do I use the button hole stitch to appliqué a piece to the background?

[@TheSonykiss]

Can you help me with this. I need a design with the button hole concepts, but I need a heart not a buttonhole. Is there a machine I can use to create a heart? I can't seem to find any. Thanks for your help

[@valenciaashleyjanen.7851]

What is fan and bar? is that a buttonhole?

[@danielbrackstone930]

Am I the only one that hears “butthole”?

[@clairbear1234]

That's all I hear now hahaha!!

[@thehair3696]

Yup Hahahah

[@com65com]

Could this be done to a sleeve, so that I could make the sleeve from being so large?

[@ProfessorPincushion]

You may place a buttonhole anywhere you want :)

[@joelvangoor6326]

Can you tell me how you measure your thread before you begin?

[@ProfessorPincushion]

+Joel Van Goor I usually don't measure my thread but I'd say you want to start with a length of 12-14". If you make it too long, it can get tangled and knotted up a lot more and then you're spending most of your time trying to get out tangles.

[@ProfessorPincushion]

yay! :D

[@christianwalker1785]

Excellent thankyou.

[@sydandtaytum]

super confusing

[@pauletteperry1476]

Stitches looks to tacky.

[@vivienbagtasos7508]

how did you end it? like some knot to finish it?

[@ProfessorPincushion]

yes, you can do a hand knot on the backside

[@krishnaamos9785]

May I know if how much is the measurement of your buttonhole?? Please !!

[@ProfessorPincushion]

Krishna Amos My rule of thumb is to make your buttonhole 1/8" bigger than the size of the button

[@werewolfgirl38]

how do you tie the end of the thread?

[@ProfessorPincushion]

on the wrong side, go under a couple of the previous stitches to make a loop then go through the loop to make a knot

[@beaniegreen4849]

You need to SHOW us; that is the most important element of teaching.

[@zoyaraysberg-bellman9164]

Don't say it's an instructional for a hand sewn button hole, if one of the first steps involves a sewing machine. I'm not here to learn to be crafty. Like the majority people who probably end up at this video, I'm trying to make a button hole and don't even own a sewing machine.

[@hoshinokirbyenjoyer]

Zoya Raysberg-Bellman unfortunately it is a required step. this video is just being accurate

[@jonalynsongcayawon4413]

Zoya Raysberg-Bellman

[@silverdawn813]

she sewed it down so the layers of fabric and interfacing don't shift while she's stitching the buttonhole. you could sew the box with a sewing machine or baste stitch it by hand. heck, you can seal the layers with double-sided hem tape or basting glue. you can even just pin it all in place while you sew the buttonhole. i guess this is what they mean when they say, "common sense isn't so common."

[@josegomes2808]

Nice manicure but button hole stitching not so good

[@jannelaineeleodinmuo2442]

“Handstitch buttonhole” is literally the name of this video and you include using a machine as part of the directions. Why not name it something else? 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

[@roxiru6053]

Kuy

[@adrianjudeimboy5564]

too fast..

[@kalyanimore964]

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