Sewing and Design Specialization

Overview

“In this lesson, you’ll add buttonholes and buttons to the dress. Using the buttonhole foot, sew along the marked areas, including an extra one at the waistline, for a smooth fit. Carefully open each buttonhole and mark button placements. Sew the buttons securely by hand, and your closures are set! Up next: adding the final finishing touches.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Buttons and Buttonholes, which is part of the Domestika online course: Sewing and Design Specialization. Master sewing techniques: from using a sewing machine to creating garments like dresses, trousers, peplum tops, and backpacks.

Partial transcription of the video

“Buttons and buttonholes require quite a bit of attention. So in this lesson, I'm going to guide you through how to create buttons and buttonholes on your dress. So here I have the right hand side of the dress. For women's garments, buttonholes go on the right hand side. And for men's garments, buttonholes go on the left hand side. Okay, so here we have the right hand side of our garment. And we would have those markings on our pattern piece that show you where you should have your buttonholes. So I have those markings transferred onto the right hand side of the dress. So in order to create ...”

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Course summary for: Sewing and Design Specialization

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (74)
• 16843 students
• 11 units
• 83 lessons (15h 27m)
• 36 downloads

• Category

  Craft, Fashion

• Areas

  Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Botanical Illustration, DIY, Embroidery, Fashion Design, Fiber Arts, Pattern Design, Patternmaking & Dressmaking, Sewing, Textile Design, Upcycling