Tip: slightly reducing the upper tension will produce a neater buttonhole – set the tension dial to about 4 or 3. Let’s begin by attaching the buttonhole foot and then positioning the fabric under the foot.
Note- Always sew a practice buttonhole on scrap fabric of the same kind before sewing on your garment. Start by transferring the button placement from the pattern piece/s to the right side of the fabric pieces. The button center should be one button’s width away from the front edge.
Stitch through each hole about four or five times for a shirt button and about six to eight times for a coat button. 4. Once you have finished the last stitch, come up underneath the button (a) (see illustration below) and wrap the thread around the stitching underneath the button a few times (b).
Buttons are placed in accordance with the buttonhole. Buttonholes must be made before buttons are attached to the garment. $ Buttons are sewn on the center line marking (center front, center back, cuff, etc.) as indicated on the pattern.
If you’re wearing a men’s shirt, the buttons are usually on the right. If it’s a women’s shirt, they’re usually on the left.
A button attaching machine is used to sew the button in the garment without damaging it. Various types of buttons like a button with two holes, four holes or shank could be sewn on this machine by making simple adjustments.
Interface your buttonhole area
All buttonholes need interfacing. Buttonholes have a lot of dense stitching, and without interfacing you’ll get a sad, puckered buttonhole. … The interfacing will also help the fabric maintain some integrity as you’re buttoning and unbuttoning your project.
If the buttonhole foot is not moving and is stuck in one place try to see if your sewing machine can sew on the same fabric normal narrow and short zigzag stitches with a regular presser foot. A buttonhole stitch is just a special type of zig zag stitching with more narrow zigzag width and a very short stitch length.