Armed with only my Singer Sewing book copyright 1949 and high hopes I re-visited bound buttonholes. I love this detail when I find it on vintage clothing. I've done this before a couple of times. It is not like riding a bicycle - you know, some things come back to you naturally. Some things you just forget.
this bound buttonhole is welt styleSo if it's looking a little shabby it might have something to do with the three times I picked it out before I was happy (enough) with the results. Oh go ahead, I know you want to - click on it to enlarge so that you can see the needle marks that are still in there. ;)
I plan to enter this dress into the Mad Men challenge. Can you guess which character?
4 comments:
Those are beautiful botton holes. I'll have to try it sometime. They look so much more finished. Thanks for the tip. :)
They look great! Learning bound buttonholes is in my future, and I'm a little scared. I'm going to reference some of my vintage books, as well as an article that was in Threads not too long ago--maybe last year? Anyway, can't wait to see the whole dress!
Beautiful !
I like how they look on the *wrong* side!
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