| Sewing is easy and anybody can learn how to do it. | | | | thread, tie a knot at its end and then insert the thread |
| You not only cut fabric and stitch it together but you | | | | into the needle. |
| also have to learn how to sew a button. | | | | The next step is to locate the position on the fabric |
| The first thing you have to do is find buttons that | | | | where the button will be placed. You should remember |
| match the garment you are working on. You can find | | | | that there must be equal distance between one button |
| these in specialty stores. You will notice that there are | | | | and the next and it should run parallel to the |
| two types. There is the sew-thru that has two or four | | | | corresponding buttonholes. |
| holes and the shank which has a pierced protrusion on | | | | You don't put the button over the area then sew it in. It |
| the back side. | | | | is best to make a couple of stitches first on the fabric |
| Romina Abrigo Editor of the "Sewing Machines For | | | | to act as an anchor. |
| Sale" website -- -- pointed out; | | | | You should make 3 or 4 stitches to fasten the button |
| "…Those buttons being sold in stores are plain and | | | | into place if you are using a sew-thru button. Shank |
| very affordable. Designer buttons on the other hand | | | | buttons are a little different because you have to |
| are much different because they also add beauty to | | | | fasten it to the garment by running the thread through |
| the outfit…" Added Romina Abrigo | | | | the hole in the shank. |
| Aside from looking for the right button, you also have | | | | In both cases, you have to secure the button and the |
| to find the right thread. Again, this should also match | | | | garment by winding it with the thread and then tying |
| the color of the fabric. You should also prepare the | | | | the knot. If you were able to put one button into place, |
| needle and the scissors that you will be using. | | | | it won't be that hard to work on the others. |
| The thread should be inserted into the eye of the | | | | "…When you know how to sew a button, you can |
| needle. That is the small hole located on the top. The | | | | show the new outfit to your friends. |
| best way to do this is to take a double strand of | | | | |