How to Properly Sew on a Coat Button

You can sew a button on your winter coat so you don't have to fight to get it buttoned. You will want to remove all your buttons and redo them after reading this article.

Things You'll Need

• Coat
• Button
• Needle
• Thread (must match coat or button)

Instructions

1. Gather everything needed for this project. Once you have the button, choose the thread that matches the button closest. Pull off about 3 feet of thread and thread it through the eye of the needle.

2. Find the exact spot that the button was removed from and, from the underside of the coat, come up through the material with the needle and thread. This is where the button is going to rest. Place the button on the needle through one of the holes in the button. Let the button slide down the thread to the material. On the opposite side of the hole with the thread coming out of it, place your needle and go back down into the material with the needle and thread.

3. Continue in this manner until you have at least two strands of thread in each button hole, ending with the needle above the button. Now place your needle through the hole in the button and do not go through the material. Instead of going down through the material, only go through the hole in the button and come out behind the button. You will take your thread and wind it around the stitches you've made beneath the button. This will make the button stand up. Wind it between the button and the material.

4. Once you have wound the thread around the stitching 4 times, go back down through the material. Now tie off your thread on the underside of the material and you are finished.

5. Continue in this manner for all your coat buttons and they will become hassle-free buttons.

Tips & Warnings

• Once you have wrapped the thread around the stitching, do not make more stitches through to the button. When you start the first few stitches into the hole on your button, make sure you leave enough space between the material and the button to be able to put another thickness of material behind the button. You can make sure the button is in the center of the button hole by buttoning the buttons above and below the one you're sewing on and marking the spot on the material.

Resources

• sewing basics