Free Step by Step Directions to Sew Bound Buttonholes

Starting the Buttonhole

Baste the buttonhole fabric to the right side

Debbie Colgrove, Licensed to About.com

• Make a patch of the fabric which will compose the inside lips of the buttonhole. Make the patch on the straight grain of the fabric. The patch should measure 2 inches wider and 1 inch longer then the buttonhole.
  
• Place the patch right sides together, centered over the buttonhole. Hand baste around the edge of the patch, to hold it in place.
  
• Stitch using very small stitches along the rectangle lines.

• 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