Almost no piece of clothing is complete without a clasp. Along with more modern zippers, simple buttons remain relevant. If you are engaged in sewing, then one way or another you are faced with the need to sew buttons on clothes, and therefore with the need to sew buttonholes for buttons and overcast them according to all the rules.
Instructions
Step 1
Determine the length of the buttonhole by adding the thickness of the button to its diameter. Lay out the sewn item on the table and carefully mark the location of the future loops on it. Place the loops around the edge of the bead.
Step 2
The distance between the loops can be different, it depends on what exactly you are sewing and what size of the buttons you are sewing. The easiest way to make overcast loops is for lightweight items. Run the buttonholes parallel to the markings, taking care not to stretch the fabric.
Step 3
Cut buttonholes along the basting, fold the fabric in half, and overcast the buttonhole by hand using saddle stitches. Re-overcast buttonholes with a thick overcasting stitch, overlapping the first layer of stitches. Use a thin, short, smooth needle. Secure the overcast with two or three stitches perpendicular to the cut. Reinforcement stitches should pull the edges together.
Step 4
You can also sew on a sewing machine using a zigzag stitch with the shortest stitch length. Set the stitch length close to zero in the sewing machine settings. Sew both sides of the buttonhole alternately, and remember to sew reinforcement stitches that are perpendicular to the base line.
Step 5
To secure stitches manually, leave loops on each side after overcasting with 15 cm long tails, then thread these tails into the needle and pull them out to the wrong side. Attach the threads under the zigzag stitch.
