Poppers

I have tried to use "poppers" on fleece, and they pulled out almost immediately. I would suggest velcro......it is a bit of a pain to sew, but will not pull a hole in the fleece and is also very easy to open. You can use small squares instead of a long strip.

I have also worked button holes in fleece with great success......just put a strip of medium interfacing under them and use a long, wide stitch. They will not fray, and the interfacing makes them plenty firm.

Hope this helps.........I you can manage the fastening with one hand, it should work for her, too........

Thanks, I'll try the buttonholes on some scrap fleece

I had to look up 'popper" - I guess it's what I've always called a snap.

The fleece stuff I have that uses snaps always backs the fleece with a bit of fabric - a nice polyester or nylon microfiber or supplex-like fabric does it. You can use a matching or contrasting colour and have it show on the outside or hide it on the inside.

Mike

You can also buy poppers (snaps) preset into fabric strips that would easily sew into fleece. They are typically sold for baby/toddler clothing, but I'm sure they would work as well with an adult jacket. White cotton tape and snaps as pictured below. Or just search for snap tape.

I grew up in England calling them "press studs". "Popper" was the slang name. In any case, I think I would go for the hook and loop tape such as Velcro.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

Just been mulling this over, thinking of alternatives. Wonder how those magnetic snaps sold to put on purse flaps would work......hmmmm.

Val

Snaps will pull out. Have you considered using a scrap of ultrasuede under the buttonholes (a plain, stitched box will do)? That should firm them up enough for your mom to handle one handed. Alternatively, velcro or the clasps you see on Norwegian sweaters work well for one-handed closures, as do frogs.

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*not* recommended for heart patients or those living with heart patients, particularly those with pacemakers. for someone with limited mobility in one arm, i'd go for velcro. my mom (82) sews most of her own clothes still & has severe arthritis in her hands. she uses lots of velcro. i had asked her about the magnetic jewelery fasteners, & she told me that dad's doctor said not to use those because of his heart issues. lee

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I use hammer on popper/ snaps on small childrens fleece jackets with no problems so far, at least none have come back to me. Linning the two sides of each piece of the snap up can be a pain but I now make sure the pointed side is well pushed through even if I have to push the fleece down to do that, then put the 2nd side on the top making sure it's lined up correctly, balance the plastic "thingy" preformed tool on the top and hit it very hard with a 1kg kitchen weight. Et Voila. Hope that helps.

Claire in Montréal, France.

Wow, I had no idea, thanks for the heads up info. I'd heard that about micro waves, not magnets.

Val

Thanks for all the suggestions, I'll experiment and see what works best.

Megwen

Bath, England

That was an oops hit the wrong button Juno

Large buttons. Arthritic fingers, which many of us seem to have, do have trouble with the little ones. I like *BIG* buttons, and there's even a gadget to help with buttons.

Maybe you need bigger buttons LOL ;)

Val