LESSON EIGHT

Button Up

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Buttons are very important. They are fasteners that can hold our clothes together or help keep a bag or a pocket closed. Buttons can also serve as an eye or a nose for a stuffed animal. Here’s how to sew on two different kinds of buttons.

How to Sew a Flat Button

Flat buttons have two, four, or five holes for you to stitch through.

Instructions

  1. 1. Bring the needle up through the back of the fabric.
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  2. 2. Slip the needle through one of the buttonholes. Slide the button down the thread to the fabric.
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  3. 3. Sew down through another buttonhole.
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  4. 4. Sew through all the buttonholes at least two times. This way, your button will not fall off.
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  5. 5. Push the needle to the back of the fabric and make a knot. Cut the thread.
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How to Sew a Shank Button

Shank buttons have a metal or plastic loop on the back.

Instructions

  1. 1. Bring the needle up through the back of the fabric.
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  2. 2. Slip the needle through the loop on the back of the button.
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  3. 3. Slide the button down the thread to the fabric. Then put the needle back down into the fabric close to where you came up.
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  4. 4. Now go back through the button two more times so your button will stay put. Bring the needle back up close to the button.
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  5. 5. Slide the needle through the button loop.
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  6. 6. Sew down through the fabric next to the button.
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  7. 7. Make a knot in the back of the fabric. Cut the thread.
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