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Hi. I'm Debrah DeMirza and I'm at Deluxe a resale clothing boutique in Eugene Oregon.
And today I'm going to show you how to replace a missing button. So what you so is you find
a button that closely as possible matches the size and the shape, and the color. And
if it's a two holed button you probably want to get a two holed new button. So what you
do first is find out where you need to put your button. You can unline it if you have
button holes; you just kind of place it to where your buttons hole's going to match it.
This one has loops. So what you do is you start out by doing three little loops. I don't
use knots because knots wear off and then your sewing comes undone. You can leave a
little hanging out because you're going to cut that off anyway. So you do your first
loop and put your next little series of loops neat that one. Not threw exactly the same
place because then it will pull your thread right threw it and pull it out the other side.
And my thread is tangling. O.k., and now your third loop locks everything together. Now
you can at this point trim the ends where you started so it doesn't get tangled when
you're sewing. So that's not going to go anywhere. And then what you do next is you place your
button over the thread, coming out. And again make sure you have it aligned where it's going
to meet up with your button hole or your loop. And so while you're holding the button in
place you go threw the next one. And again it's a good idea once you get the second loop
because at that point you can move the button around if you have it off a little bit and
you can move it back in place. So I check again to make sure it's right where the loop
is, which it is. And I just do about five or six loops threw my sewing. And you can
either feel for it when you're coming up or you can look on the backside and see where
your thread's coming threw to make it easier. And also to make sure that it doesn't bunch
up and knot on the backside. That's one of the things that sometimes happens when you're
sewing on a button. So it's always a good idea to check your work in the back too. Oops.
And after five or six loops if you want it to look nice on the backside without a knot
looking a little finished piece you can come back threw for the last time. And then you can go threw the hole and push
the button up so that you can see your fabric, and then you can do three little loops underneath
the button to finish off your sewing. And then you can cut your thread close. You don't
have to cut it right at the surface of your fabric, you can leave a little bit. And there
is your button. That's how to sew a missing button.