Sewing on Shirt Buttons

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Dawn Anderson: Hi! I'm Dawn Anderson and I'm showing you how to sew by hand. Right now, we're going to sew on a shirt button. Shirt buttons come in two varieties. They can either have four holes in the button or two holes in the button. It's a style choice and also the four buttons are also stronger. So, if it's an active wear shirt, you may want to select the four holes. Ladies blouses, they are often just the two-hole buttons. That'll be sewn either the same way.

To begin, go ahead and cut approximately 18 inches of thread. I like to sew my buttons on with double thread, which makes it even stronger. So, again loop your thread through and tie your knot and the end catching both ends of the thread. Position your button and I like to start from the underside and you'll come up through the fabric and then place your button over the needle, pull your thread through and then come back down through the second hole in the button. From the underside you'll come up through the first hole and then go back down through the second.

Repeat this, maybe three or four times. Again, you're using double thread so that'll be even stronger. Maybe one more, just to be strong and then to knot off go ahead and flip it over onto the back side, tie your knot, let's now get down to the fabric surface. Put your thumb down, tighten your thread, cut it. That's how to sew on a shirt button. Now, let's move on to sewing on a shank button.

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