My First Make With Buttonholes 😳🫣

Having discussed my fear of buttonholes in a recent Thready Sewing Social and receiving lots of support and advice, I have made a start 😳 This is 5 years after I started making my own clothes, so it’s long overdue! I’m making the Matchy Matchy Perfect Puff Sleeve Blouse. I already have 4 of these, but none of those have the button front. So far it’s all cut out and the button plackets interfaced. The fabric is a very lightweight cotton voile, so I’ll use some tear away stabiliser under the stitching. Otherwise, my machine will certainly eat it. I will be visiting it again in a little while and will add some photos then.

· 2 weeks ago

You must have an account to comment or reply on threads - please log in or join the community.

Sort replies by:

SewHayleyJane · 2 weeks ago Admin

This is fantastic Annie, I'm so excited to see how you get on and really pleased we were able to give you the little nudge you needed!

· 2 weeks ago

Anniehen · 2 weeks ago Plus Member

Here are early images (prior to stitching). Turns out the (specially purchased) tear away stabiliser is a nightmare. I used it and it didn’t tear away from the stitches at all. I had to stitch another line, then pull out the original line of stitches to remove the stabiliser 🙄 So I’m back to tissue paper. I’ll need to use it for all seams with this as the fabric is so fine.

· 2 weeks ago

SewHayleyJane · 1 week ago Admin

🫣 oh no!!

The fabric is beautiful, where is it from?

· 1 week ago

Anniehen · 1 week ago Plus Member

Sarah’s Simple Life Fabrics. She retired last year. I spent far too much at her little shop. I miss it!

· 1 week ago

LaTrica · 1 week ago

I tried stabilizers in the past and didn't like them. The tear away wouldn't tear away. I tried the wash away but didn't want to wait until the project was ready for the washing machine. So I just dipped the seams in water to remove them. Made the entire project stiffer.

This seems good so far. Are you doing the buttonholes manually or with a buttonhole stitch?

· 1 week ago

Anniehen · 1 week ago Plus Member

The roll of stabiliser wasn’t cheap either. 🤷‍♀️ Can’t imagine what I could use it for now. Thankfully, I have buttonhole stitches on my machine.

· 1 week ago

Anniehen · 1 week ago Plus Member

Lots of sewing on this during this morning’s Thready sewcial. Sleeves added, side seams sewn up and bias binding added to the neck. The plackets had been added previously. Pressing is still required on all those seams and around the neckline.