I join you again with an update on my sewing excursion. I have been watching some videos on how to sew a button onto a pair of pants and I have even included a picture of the pants I will be fixing. As you can see from the picture, the button on my pants is on the verge of falling off, which is not good!
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| Look at the button!! |
I have bought thread and a needle to prepare myself for my final video. I have learned to thread a needle. One thing I learned that I did not know I had to do was to place pins underneath where I planned to place the button. I also learned that there are different patterns that you can use when sewing on the button such as criss-crossing the thread through the button or simply going across the button. In order for the button to stay, you need to do this multiple times. You also need to wrap the thread around to create what they call a shank. This creates a strong hold. There is then some additional stitching form the front and back to continue to keep the button on strong. I plan to watch a few more videos and research a bit more to see if there are other ways of sewing on a button. But so far, this seems like a pretty self explanatory way to fix my pants.
Looks great so far Amy. What do you mean by "placing pins beneath the button"...I think I need to learn that step as well.
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Great work!