Julie Kundhi from julie-k shares a quick fix for a buttonhole that was too large and allowed the button to keep slipping out. Go to her blog post to see what she did to make the buttonhole smaller.
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Learn All About Sewing Velvet Fabric
I’m always tempted by the pretty velvets at the fabric store. So much texture! And the way the fibers catch the light! But sewing on velvet is trickier than you’d think. That nap that lends beautiful texture also likes to slip and crawl. That nap can also spell disaster if you cut a piece the wrong direction. That isn’t to say you shouldn’t use buy that velvet and sew it into something gorgeous, you just need to go into your velvet sewing project prepared. And Melissa at Melly Sews has a post that takes you step by step through sewing on velvet.
Velvet is such a luscious fabric, especially for winter sewing projects. Of course there are velvet Christmas sewing projects – stockings, tree skirts, santa hats – but velvet is beautiful for all winter. Think of all the gorgeous velvet dresses, evening bags, hair accessories, even pillows and other home décor that you see all winter long.
Melly Sews’ post gives you the tips and tricks you need to know in order for your velvet sewing project to end up a success. There are types of projects better suited for velvets, and kinds of projects to avoid. She describes the different types of velvet available. And she also tells the best way to lay out and cut your pattern pieces from velvet fabric. Her tutorial also covers marking, pressing, and of course sewing that beautiful fabric. There’s also a video included in case that’s your preferred method for learning.
Head over to Melly Sews to learn how to sew on velvet fabric.
And if you want to learn more about that lovely blue velvet dress shown, she has a post that tells more about it including 2 ways to style it depending on if you want to be more dressy or more casual.
[photo credit: Melly Sews]
Sorry to state the obvious, but why not just replace the buttons with some of the correct size?
Perhaps those were some buttons that were chosen specifically for the project. Or, perhaps the buttonholes had enlarged just a bit with wear (sorry, didn’t read the blog)… I just had to fix some buttonholes on my big winter jacket. The buttons holding my hood onto the jacket had been slipping through and my hood was about to fall off. So, I fixed those buttonholes because:
I don’t have any buttons that fit,
I don’t drive,
it takes 3 buses and a train to get to the nearest fabric shop,
the trip takes over an hour one way at peak running times,
the store is only 5 miles from the house so it’s silly to waste all that time running back and forth, Walmart sucks in their notions department (and I avoid Walmart like the plague),
and it’s night time here now– and cold
— so it was easier to just fix the buttonholes