Fix a Botched Buttonhole
Do you have a garment that came out beautifully, but a buttonhole that didn’t? And to
try to re-sew it would mean ruining the garment?
Try this fix: Cover the buttonhole with a patch of fabric – folding under the edges, then
topstitching it to your garment. This will allow you to re-sew the buttonhole.
If you want the patch to be less noticeable, use the same fabric as your garment. Or, if
you’d like to make a design statement, use a contrasting fabric for the patch. And you
can cover just the botched buttonhole or you can cover all of your buttonholes so the fix
looks planned.
Or, instead of sewing single patches of fabric to each buttonhole, sew a long strip of
fabric, ribbon, or trim all the way down the outside of your garment, covering all of the
buttonholes. Then re-sew the buttonholes.
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