Hand sewing buttonholes on a tartan waistcoat

[JSFMACLJR]

Here is a buttonhole on one of my waistcoats, interestingly also a MacLean tartan.

[Cynthia]

Ah yes, I have that page bookmarked as well. There's a lot of great how-to's out there on the 'net. Good job!

[bonnie heather]

" Here is a buttonhole on one of my waistcoats, interestingly also a MacLean tartan."

That is a beautifully made buttonhole!! It looks great with the gimp and the keyhole.
I want to re-do the buttonholes to make them look like that. I think I should have used fray-check to control the fuzz of the yarn showing between the stitches.

David, thanks for helping with the photos and Mark, thanks for trying.
Sydnie, thanks for the wonderful links!

[Alan H]

For the first time ever, on this last kilt, I changed thread color midway down the pleats. Then again, I machine-sewed the top half of the fell, hand sewed the bottom half.