Hand sewing buttonholes on a tartan waistcoat

**bonnie heather** · 5th December 11, 11:05 AM

I've been working on making a bias cut tartan waistcoat. Everything has been going well so far, but I was very concerned about trying to do machine sewn buttonholes.
So, I did a search for making hand sewn buttonholes and found this great tutorial:

http://artbeautyandwell-orderedchaos...ttonholes.html

It's very helpful and the style taught is for 18th century style buttonholes. Nice!!

**madmacs** · 5th December 11, 11:08 AM

What no pictures?

**sydnie7** · 5th December 11, 11:14 AM

Thanks for the link! Here is another look at buttonholes made with gimp link you need to scroll about 3/4 way down to see them. Anf another that has some very detailed drawings.

Now to get to that point of completion on one of my projects. . .

**MacMillan of Rathdown** · 5th December 11, 02:47 PM

Just make sure you use tartan thread...

**sydnie7** · 5th December 11, 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by MacMillan of Rathdown

Just make sure you use tartan thread...

In my wildest dreams, I could see changing threads the way Barb T does along the length of a pleat.

In my wildest dreams. . . you know, the ones where I look like Katherine Hepburn, cook like Martha Stewart, sing like Mary Chapin Carpenter. . . as opposed to the reality which is closer to Rosie O'Donnell, Erma Bombeck, and Roseanne Barr!