A button came off of my pants today and I wondered if it would be more secure if I fastened the button with Fishing Line instead of sewing line.
Although it also might hurt to walk in them, or it may cause the area around the button to wear out faster for the same reason that a metal screw in a plastic item will cause the plastic to wear out.
Thanks.
Nah, just learn how to sew on a button correctly. See:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrSs_DiJ-ZA — but instead of sewing the button flat to the fabric, you need a bigger thread shank than they’ve done here. Easiest way to form the shank is to sew over a toothpick that you’ve laid across the button:
http://www.fabriclandwest.com/Notion_basics/Buttons0/sewing_buttons.htm
More amusingly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QusBUu0xnCg
Jeans flies are of fairly thick fabric… thicker than shirt cuffs. That’s why you want to make a bigger thread shank, so you want to use a toothpick spacer when sewing so you can make that longer thread shank.
If you’ve got a button that’s going to be under heavy stress, perhaps a coat button, you can put a second button inside the coat and sew the thread through both front and back buttons. This second button, called a "backer button", is often clear plastic, and flat. It works like a washer to help prevent the coat fabric from shredding if the button is forcibly pulled on. http://www.sewing.org/files/guidelines/14_105_replacing_a_button.pdf IIn general, if you find a coat has backer buttons on it, it’s probably pretty well made. Since it’s an extra cost, only the manufacturers concerned with durability or long life for the product bother.
September 3rd, 2010 at 12:47 am
I don’t know of any laws that prevent you doing that . What a peculiar question !
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September 3rd, 2010 at 12:55 am
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September 3rd, 2010 at 1:19 am
why would you want to do that?
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September 3rd, 2010 at 1:39 am
Sew it back on by hand and do several stitches underneath the stitches on the back at various places. I think regular or perhaps heavier thread will be fine if sewn correctly.
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September 3rd, 2010 at 1:47 am
Nah, just learn how to sew on a button correctly. See:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrSs_DiJ-ZA — but instead of sewing the button flat to the fabric, you need a bigger thread shank than they’ve done here. Easiest way to form the shank is to sew over a toothpick that you’ve laid across the button:
http://www.fabriclandwest.com/Notion_basics/Buttons0/sewing_buttons.htm
More amusingly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QusBUu0xnCg
Jeans flies are of fairly thick fabric… thicker than shirt cuffs. That’s why you want to make a bigger thread shank, so you want to use a toothpick spacer when sewing so you can make that longer thread shank.
If you’ve got a button that’s going to be under heavy stress, perhaps a coat button, you can put a second button inside the coat and sew the thread through both front and back buttons. This second button, called a "backer button", is often clear plastic, and flat. It works like a washer to help prevent the coat fabric from shredding if the button is forcibly pulled on. http://www.sewing.org/files/guidelines/14_105_replacing_a_button.pdf IIn general, if you find a coat has backer buttons on it, it’s probably pretty well made. Since it’s an extra cost, only the manufacturers concerned with durability or long life for the product bother.
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50 years of sewing