Free Step by Step Directions to Sew Bound Buttonholes

By Debbie Colgrove, About.com Guide

Fully mark your button hole placement. Use a running stitch of hand basting or a marking pencil on the interfacing, that will not show through.

Mark the following:

1. Center of garment
2. Buttonhole placements
3. 1/8" on each side of buttonhole
4. Ends of buttonholes

Previous

• Basic Pointers for making bound buttonholes
• Markings For A Bound Buttonhole
• Starting the Buttonhole
• Cutting the Bound Buttonhole
• Turning to the Inside
• Creating the Buttonhole Edges
• Hand Baste The Buttonhole Edges
• Machine Sewing & Lining

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