Button Sewing

The night that your child bring home the packet for the button sewing assignment please follow the directions below and help them.  They will be sewing two different buttons one regular (sew-thru) and one shank.  The packet includes thread, needle, 2 types of buttons, and a piece of fabric.  You will need to provide your own scissors.  Please follow the below directions:

Sewing Sew-Thru Buttons

1. Use a double strand of thread. Knot the end. Take a small stitch on the right side. Take a second stitch in same place.
2. Bring needle and thread through one hole in button. Center button over stitch. Insert needle into another hole in the button and into the fabric. Pull through.
3. Slip a toothpick, needle, or pin between thread and button to form shank. Take 3 or 4 stitches through each pair of holes.
4. Bring needle and thread to right side under button. Remove toothpick, needle, or pin.
5. Wind thread 2 or 3 times around button stitches to form shank.
6. Secure thread in fabric under button by making a knot or several small stitches.

 

        

  

 

Sewing Shank Buttons

1. Use a double strand of thread. Knot the end. Take a small stitch on the right side. Take a second stitch in same place.
2. Bring needle and thread through hole in shank.
3. Center button over stitch. Insert needle into fabric and pull through. (If length of shank is not sufficient, place a toothpick, needle, or pin under shank and continue as for sew-thru button.)
4. Bring needle and thread to right side. Take 3 or 4 stitches through shank.
5. Secure thread in fabric under button by making a knot or several small stitches.

     

  

Directions source: http://www.fabriclandwest.com/Notion_basics/Buttons0/sewing_buttons.htm

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