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Tutorial: How to make bound buttonholes

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Tutorial: How to make bound buttonholes

Tutorial: How to make bound buttonholes

Etsy seller Cynical Girl shares a how-to at Vintage Pattern Marketplace blog showing how to make bound buttonholes.  It’s fitting that the how-to is an excerpt from a vintage publication, Workbasket.  The instructions also include how to rework a standard buttonhole to a bound buttonhole (wow, I had no idea you could do that!), and also how to make a corded bound buttonhole.  Follow the link below to download the instructions:

Bound Buttonholes Tutorial

[photo from Cynical Girl on Vintage Pattern Marketplace]

Comments

  2. Thanks so much for posting my bound buttonhole tutorial. If everyone knew how truly easy they are to do and how incredibly durable they are, perhaps the couturier garment could become a fixture in every woman’s wardrobe.

  3. Thanks for posting the bound buttonhole tutorial…That is definitely some information I could use! Also the pencil case with the exposed zipper – so cute!

  8. After “cracking the code” on the first one or two bound buttonholes, you’ll see how easy they are. And your friends will think you are a sewing magician!

Have you read?

Easy Cosmetics Bag Sewing Pattern

The bag is simple, uses very little fabric (about 2/3rds of a fat quarter), has no fussy inside pockets (although you can add your own if you like), and takes me well less than 30 minutes to print the pattern, cut out and sew. But quick and simple doesn’t mean it’s not awesome!

It’s the sort of bag that is versatile enough to be used for lots of applications, not just cosmetics and toiletries. Keep all your pens and pencils in order, use it for a small first aid kit for the car, keep it in your desk at work for a few headache pills and other personal supplies.

Make some for yourself, for gifts or to sell.