Fashion Design Drawing

thread to lie along the edge of the cut on the right side of the

material, stick down at the opposite end. Do the same on

the other side of the cut and stick down opposite the first

stitch, with a stitch across the end to fasten the thread. If

the material is inclined to fray, the edges may be overcast

before working the buttonholes.

To make the stitch, place the buttonhole over the forefinger

of the left hand, holding it in position with the thumb and

second finger as shown in Fig. 48. Begin to work the buttonhole close to the corner or starting-point. Insert the needle,

and while it is pointing toward you, bring the double thread Fashion Design Drawing - Buttonholes 2.jpg

as it hangs from the eye of the needle around to the left under the needle. Dray; the needle through the loop, letting the thread form a purl exactly on the edge of the slit. Continue these stitches to the opposite end, being careful to take them the same depth and close together. Now pass the needle up and down through the goods until two or three threads cross the end of the slit quite close to the buttonhole stitches, thus forming a bar tack. (Fig. 72, page 22.) At the end, turn the work around so that the bar end is toward you and make several buttonhole stitches over the bar tack and through the material. (Fig. 49.) Work the other side of the buttonhole and the second bar.

THE ROUND-END BUTTONHOLE is stranded in the same manner as the double-barred buttonhole. Fig. 50 illustrates the steps in the making of this buttonhole with the opening first stranded and then overcast.