Our placement for the Buttonhole Measure your button placement Leave the placement pins in Your piece of Nuno felt ready Put in Place – upside down Transfer pins onto this showing us width of the button My button Fold another spare felt in half and make a small slit Place on top and mark the slit Now mark your buttonhole felt piece Machine stitch around the pencil lines Ready stitched to cut next Cut through centre line Cut as shown into the corners Cut Now push your felt fabric through the hole you cut Spread out your felt piece and begin to tack down from the short end first all around to perimeter Continue stitching around From the front Seen from the back Button fitting in perfectly Choosing the natural dyed thread to hand stitch around the buttonhole Here I have Temaricious Cottons Here are some natural dyed wool thread from Guuld.dk or Temaricious Wool Place your button underneath where it is to get stitched and push it up to mark the fabric – check you button is in the right place All done, just that finishing off with my threads
I hope you enjoy following this tutorial and have a go making a bound buttonhole on your felt pieces Copyrighted CDay 2001