So today, one day late, I will share with you a little secret that you will love if you hate sewing by hand. I acutally like sewing by hand, but there was a time when I didn't, and that's when I figured this out. I'm going to show you how to sew on a button (flat button - I'm not magic) with any sewing machine that can do zig-zag. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's figured this out, it is probably taught in a book somewhere, but when I googled it, the only results that I found required a special tool. My method requires some fiddling, but no special tool =).
Get together your button, fabric, matching thread, and a toothpick.
Put your fabric in place and place the toothpick right on the spot where you want to sew the button, right under the center of the presser foot. The toothpick keeps the button from being sewn on so tightly that it is hard to fit through the buttonhole later.
Balance your button on top of the toothpick, so the toothpick is between the holes on the button, and you can see the fabric underneath.
Now comes the fiddling. Turn your stitch style to zig-zag and stitch length to zero. Then move your needle by hand (using the turning wheel on the right side of your machine) while you adjust the stitch width so that the needle goes down into one of the button holes, comes up, and goes down into the other button hole.
Move the needle up and down by hand for a few stitches until you are sure that everything is adjusted properly.
Then you can use your foot to really sew that button on!
When you have made 10-20 stitches, carefully pull the whole stack out from your sewing machine.
Use your seam ripper to help you pull the threads to the back. Tie them and cut.
Sweet!
I am ashamed to say, I have never used my machine to do this. But this post might just give me the confidence to do so! :)
ReplyDeleteGlad to have shown you something new. Good luck!
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