Bound buttonholes are a great way to add a clean, professional finish to your sewing projects. They are commonly used in coats and jackets, and can also add a nice touch to tailored garments such as the corduroy dress I made a couple of weeks back.

In this step-by-step sewing tutorial, I go through everything you need to know to sew perfect bound buttonholes for your sewing project:

Finding where to place your bound buttonholes
Sewing the bound buttonholes on the right side of the garment
Making buttonholes on the facing of the garment

At the end of the video, I also discuss some modifications in the approach to sewing bound buttonholes to tailor to different sewing projects, fabric, and buttons.

Review all the steps (with photos and illustrations) on how to sew perfect bound buttonholes here: https://gwenstellamade.com/how-to-sew...

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CHAPTERS
00:00 - intro
01:23 - parts of a bound buttonhole
01:46 - where to place buttonholes
03:49 - drawing the buttonholes
04:52 - cutting fabric squares for the bound buttonholes
05:34 - sewing fabric squares on right side of garment
06:09 - cutting the buttonholes
07:00 - making the lips of the bound buttonholes
08:18 - sewing the lips
09:18 - before sewing the buttonholes in the facing
10:17 - making more fabric squares
10:52 - sewing buttonholes in the facing
13:57 - modifications to bound buttonholes
14:18 - fabric square size
15:06 - bound buttonhole size
16:07 - buttonholes in facing
16:37 - a different way to make lips
17:22 - final words

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TOOLS & MATERIALS USED

Sewing maching
Thread
Needle for handsewing
Sewing pins
Fabric scissors
Straight ruler
Pen/pencil +/- tailor’s chalk
Button
Garment fabric
Light-weight fabric

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