Button Sewing Supplies

Series Summary

Sewing is an ancient craft that still has remarkable relevance in today's modern world. The art of stitching and assembling pieces of fabric together, either by hand or with the use of a modern sewing machine, is still a valuable skill. It is the backbone of the textile industry, it comes in handy for clothing repair, and homemade clothing wouldn’t exist without it. Whether using a sewing machine or a needle and thread, the techniques involved in constructing a well-fitting garment are very specific and involved. Becoming skilled at the craft is a lifelong pursuit. In this free video series, an experienced seamstress will demonstrate techniques for sewing buttons. A number of difference methods will be explained and demonstrated, including sewing a two-hole button, sewing a four-hole button and sewing a back loop button, among others. With these sewing tips and techniques, clothes with missing buttons will be a thing of the past.

Video Transcript

"So before we get started sewing on these buttons I want to go over a few of the supplies that you're going to need. I like to use a razor blade first of all. If the button is still hanging on the garment I like to use a razor blade just to nip the threads and take it off but of course you can use a seam ripper also which is, seam rippers are equipped with a button remover but I just like to use a razor blade because it works really well. My scissors. And they're really sharp and snips threads really close. Chalk just in case I have to mark where the button was. Like if the button's totally gone. Sometimes you can't see the hole and you have to line up the button hole and the chalk is good to make the little mark. And then also I want to talk a little bit about needles. I just went to the sewing store and got a pack of different types of needles. If you look on here there's one for darning, there's one for embroidery, there's some for the in betweens. Which is fine fabric, heavy fabric, just in between type stuff between embroidery and sharps. The sharps are basically for thicker fabrics or fabrics that have a tight weave. And they'll make a hole through something that's really thick. And for things that I'm going to sew now I think I'm just going to get one of these embroidery needles. Or the sharp needles would work, too but I like to do the embroidery needles because they have a good eye and they're kind of sharp, too where I can just go right through them. And another thing you need to think about too is when you choose a needle if you have a really small button sometimes bigger needles with the bigger eyes wont go through the button holes. Then you have to get a smaller one. So be aware of that too when you're threading your needle. You don't want to get a needle that's too big for the button itself and to break the button. So anyways those are what we need and you might need some buttons. Like if you have a garment where the button is totally gone and you don't have it anymore? Just look around the garments. Some garments have buttons tucked away inside on the waist band. Like this one I know for sure doesn't. But like a lot of men's shirts do. Like a men's button down dress shirts and they'll hide the button along the side seams or inside underneath where the button holes are. So just look right on the garment before you head to the sewing store. But if you do have to go to the sewing store just bring the garment and you can just match up your button when you get there. So let's get started on how to sew on a button with two holes. And that's what we're going to do in the next clip."