Fashion Design Drawing

EYELETS are holes

made and worked in a

garment to hold the

cord or buttons. The

method of making

is shown in Fig. 53.

Pierce the eyelet - hole

with a stiletto. Make

running stitches around

the circle, place the hole

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over the fore ringer of the

left hand and buttonhole the edge, covering the running stitches. Work from right to left, as shown in the first figure of the illustration.

METHODS OF SEWING ON BUTTONS are illustrated in Fig. 54. Always use a coarse single thread in preference to a fine double one. In placing buttons in position, lap the edges of the garment, and push a pin through at the outer end of the buttonhole. This will bring the button exactly opposite the buttonhole. Make a knot in the thread, push the needle through from the right side so that the knot will be directly under the button. Place the button in position. Bring the thread up through a hole in the button and down through the hole diagonally opposite as shown in the second figure. Place a pin under the thread on top of the button in order to keep the thread loose, and make a cross-stitch through the remaining holes.