Learn To Sew On New Buttons

So you have to sew a different or alternate button onto your clothing but you’re not really certain how to approach it? You don’t need to go crying to Mama – just keep reading to learn how simple sewing a button really is. Before you do anything you need to buy a button to exchange the missing one. Often original replacements are invisible somewhere in clothing, so make sure you check them well and also check anywhere that you commonly keep little, easily lost things like buttons. For more info on how to get substitute buttons click here.

Now you have some thread to sew the buttons on. It should be the same color as the thread that’s already been used on your clothes . Don’t fret too much if you can’t find the precise color, simply try to get something in a close tone so that the difference won’t be too noticeable. Once you have your cotton, make a length about as long as your forearm, or around 20 inches, and place it through the eye of a small needle. Make sure the needle is slim enough to go through the holes in the buttons before you start.

Now move the needle in the center of the thread and make a big knot in one end of the thread so that it will not pass through the cloth, and you’re ready to start stitching. Start by placing the button on the clothing where you want to sew it on. You might want to add something like a toothpick between the button and the material to allow some room for moving.

Take the needle and begin from underside the clothes. Force the needle up through the clothing and through the button holes and keep pulling on it until the knot hits the material. Now just do the same action but from the upper side – push the needle down through a different button hole and keep going until the end of the cotton. Do this three times for each button hole. Then, you just tie a knot in the end of the cotton, trim off the cotton and it’s done, your button is set!