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How to Sew on a Four Hole Button

Besides keeping blouses and shirts closed and holding sleeves close to the wrists, buttons also adorn clothes. Sometimes buttons can make a boring looking outfit come to life. Velcro and zippers can serve as fasteners too, but they just don’t look as good as buttons do. Buttons have been around for many years and they’ve become so popular they’ve made their little way into clubs, shows and websites. You should make an effort to keep the buttons you own in place because once lost, they can be difficult, if not impossible, to replace. Follow these steps on how to sew on a four hole button securely to make sure you don’t lose your buttons.

Things You'll Need

Button with four holes in it
Needle
20-inch piece of thread
Small pair of scissors

Instructions

- 1
  Put one end of the piece of thread through the needle’s hole and pull it through, stopping halfway. Grab both ends of the thread and make a knot the size of a pinhead at the end.
- 2
  Position the button on garment, making sure it is in line with its partner buttonhole. Hold the button in place and push the needle through the reverse side of the fabric and through one of the holes in the button. Keep pulling the needle and thread through the material until the knot meets the fabric. Go through the same hole again with the needle and thread.
- 3
  Push the needle through the buttonhole that is diagonally next to the hole you just went through, pulling needle and thread all the way through to the reverse side of the fabric. Go through the same hole again with the needle and thread.
- 4
  From the reverse side of the fabric, push the needle and thread through one of the remaining holes, pulling the thread all the way through until you can’t pull it any further. Go through the same hole again with the needle and thread.
- 5
  Put the needle and thread through the last hole (from the top side of the button), pulling thread through the buttonhole to the reverse side of the fabric. Go through last hole again with a needle and thread.
- 6
  Wind the length of thread around the underside of the button five times, then push the needle and thread through to the reverse side of the fabric.
- 7
  Going through the fabric horizontally, push the needle through the reverse side of the fabric and pull the thread through to the end. Push the needle through the reverse side of the fabric again, horizontally, at the same spot, pulling the thread through and stopping before reaching the end. You should have a loop of thread protruding from the fabric at this point.
- 8
  Put the needle and thread through the loop and pull all the way through to form a tight knot. The button should be on securely now, and it should look like there’s an X of thread in the center of the button.

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