G'day Karen
Sounds like you have a Janome too? That's what the button foot is like but sometimes I 'hold' the button on the shirt etc with sticky tape if it tends to move. All depends on button and fabric really.
Br> The ones I've seen are usually wide, open-toed feet, and some have a
I'm not sure what a tang is (other than that stuff the astronauts drink) but I put a needle or a toothpick or matchstick over the bridge between the holes in the button--whether sewing by hand or machine--to allow enough slack for a shank.
I've about given up on using the machine for buttons because of the problems mentioned here. Maybe there is a button sewing foot for my Viking (I've never looked) but I've dinged a few buttons and broken a needle when things have left their place without my permission.
This is one of those threads that makes this group useful to me. I had not thought of the use of an adhesive to keep the button in place and now that I have some nail polish on hand, maybe I can remember to use it on the buttons.
Max
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Tang - a projecting shank, prong, fang, or tongue. It is just built in on my button sew on foot and serves the same purpose as using a needle or a toothpick or a matchstick. Some machines just sew on buttons better than others. I've been sewing buttons on using my machine for many years and I've never hit a button.
Thats a brilliant idea - it would certainly reduce the tendancy of the button to go ping!
Thanks, Sarah
Sarah,
keep trying!
Me, I 've got a lot of patience, beeing not a professional seamstress. Everytime teaching something new, thanks this group as well. I would never, never more sew my buttons on by hand. :) Less pressure on the foot and even the thickest button on a shirt goes under the machine. Do you mind to lose a needle or are your buttons too expensive? Than use your hand stitch, of course.
Suzan from Amsterdam
Have you tried holding them on with clear tape? I do this with flat buttons. Barbara in rainey FL
I like sewing on buttons by machine (It's an emotional defect ;-)
Glue. I love the basting spray, fabric glue sticks, etc. They are wonderful especially when it comes to making things stay for a few minutes so you can sew it down.
A glass of great w>Hi All,
Just had to let you all know, I tried reducing the foot pressure and the clear tape idea on the remaining buttons on DH's shirt - and they went on like a dream!
Thank you one and all for saving my sanity and lots of broken machine needles!
Sarah
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