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August 28, 2007
buttoning belt instructions
materials
canvas
cotton print
large button
sewing machine with button-hole function
time required: 30 minutes
Measure your waist and add 6 inches or measure a belt you know fits.
Cut a strip each of canvas and cotton 2 inches wide and as long as your measurement.
Wrong sides together, sew along each long side using a quarter inch seam allowance.
Turn right side out. It helps to use a bodkin or a large safety pin attached to one end.
Iron flat.
Turn the open ends inside, trimming if desired to make a slanted end.
Topstitch ends closed an eighth of an inch from the edge.
Continue topstitching along the entire length of the belt.
Sew large button to one end of the belt.
Try the belt on. Mark the position for the button hole.
Make one or more button holes parallel to the long dimension of the belt.
Posted under Projects with Instructions at August 28, 2007 12:43 AM