Cheryl from Paradiso Designs guest blogs at The Train To Crazy with a tutorial showing how to make an oversized leather (or vinyl0 bound buttonhole.  She uses it as a clever – and sturdy – way to attach a purse… Read more ...

Shauna from Shwin & Shwin recently shared a tutorial showing how to make hand-worked buttonholes.  She follows that up with tutorials showing how to make a simple machine-stitched buttonhole, and also a bound buttonhole.  Get the tutorial … Read more ...

Shauna from Shwin & Shwin continues her Sewing 101 series with a tutorial showing how to make hand-worked buttonholes.  In most cases, it’s faster and easier to use your sewing machine to make a buttonhole, but there are times when… Read more ...

Celine from C. Girly shows how to make a quick and easy layered fabric flower embellishment for a jacket.  Instead of using a pin back or clip to attack the flower to the jacket, this clever embellishment uses a buttonhole… Read more ...

Amanda Murphy guest blogs in the Sewing Back-to-School series at Sew Sweetness with a tutorial showing how to make a buttonhole.  Get the tutorial. [photo from Amanda Murphy on Sew Sweetness]… Read more ...

Taylor from Taylor Made shows how to make a beach towel that will stay put, even when the wind blows.  She calls it her Stake Your Claim Beach Towel, and it uses buttonholes and tent stakes.  Brilliant!  Get the tutorial… Read more ...

Gertie from Gertie’s New Blog for Better Sewing demystifies the bound buttonhole.  The bound buttonhole is definitely more difficult than the typical machine-stitched ones, but they’re worth the effort.  She shows how to make one with easy to understand, step-by-step… Read more ...