Putting Buttons on with a special sewing Foot

Button, Button,

Who’s got the Button?

Two Christmases ago I made an Asian influenced shirt for my daughter.  She loved it and wore it any time she could justify wearing her nice clothes.  My husband and I were very happy that she was so pleased with it.   That Christmas my husband got me an early Christmas present; a special foot for my sewing machine that puts on buttons.  I had previously never used a special foot to put on buttons. I have put them on by hand since I was twelve. I was intrigued by the idea of a foot that could sew on a button.  I wondered if it would be as secure as the hand sewing method. Would it break the button if it missed the holes in the button?  How would it not have a loose thread that would come apart eventually with wear?

 I sewed the buttons on for this shirt and then came the test.  My oldest wore her shirt frequently.  Now it is two years later and she has out grown her shirt and two of the buttons have fallen off.    In contrast I have had one hand sewn button come off in the amount of time I have been sewing.  Now that the shirt is being passed on to her younger sister and she will part with it long enough for me to fix it, I am eager to mend it.

Step #1

I seam rip off the one remaining button.

Step #2

I gathered buttons that would match her shirt.

Step#3

I hold the fabric together with my left hand so that the two edges of the collar are touching. Then I sew the button that is closest to the armpit, making sure that the button is where it needs to be to help the two edges of the collar match up.

Step#4

I sew the next on.  Again making sure that the button is 

where it needs to be to help the two edges of the collar match up.

Step#5

I hold the fabric together with my left hand so that the two edges of the collar are touching so that I can get the placement of the last button correct. I sew the last button on.

The shirt is now ready to be passed on to her younger sister.

Materials

3 Buttons-left over from someones unfinished project    0.00

Thread-     left over from one of my project             0.00

Total Cost

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