Funky Bound Buttonholes

I made fun buttonholes for this jacket and I thought I'd share how I made them.



Here is a close-up of the buttonhole....



and the facing....



I first decided on the shape and drew it on rectangles of silk organza....



I positioned these on the jacket front. ( I forgot to take a photo but here's one for the facing)and sewed around the shape....



Next step was to cut through both layers....



I then turned the organza to the inside and pressed....






For the lips of the buttonhole ,I took two rectangles of linen and sewed them together down the middle....





I then pressed them like this....



and positioned them behind the buttonhole opening using Wonder Tape to hold them in place and top stitched them in place....



This is what the back of the buttonhole looks like.....



I trimmed off the excess....




This is how I faced the buttonholes.... It's self explanatory so I'll let the pictures do the talking








I used Wonder Tape to hold the facings in position while I stitched around them....



I hand stitched around the buttonhole.





I added a rectangle behind the buttons to support them.



I love these buttons! I stole them from this jacket and will have to replace them this fall.



So that's it. Now you try it!!

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