MAKE A BUTTON SHANK FROM THREAD

摘要

Sewing buttons on thick fabric usually requires a shanked button to allow the thick garment-front fabric to fit between the button and the front after it's buttoned. But sometimes a no-shank button is what you want to use. To use a flat button on thick fabric, you can make a button shank from thread. To start, attach the button with a knotted double-thread, and take one small stitch on the right side of the fabric. (The knot will be hidden under the button, and the inside of the garment will be neat.) Then push the needle in and out of the buttonholes and back into the fabric as you typically would, but don't pull the thread tight.