How to Sew a Button on with a Shank with Fiona

What is safest way with using a needle?

• Poke it into your finger

• Keep it in safe till you need it.

• Stick it in your pocket

• Make sure you use it the wrong way around

What size of needle is best?

• One with a tiny tiny eye

• One with no eye

• One with a Large Eye

• A knitting Needle

Who benefits from this lesson?

• Alteration and Laundry workers

• TAFE students studying Costume

• Anybody who loses a button

• All of the above

How long should you cut the thread be?

• 1 meter

• 80cm

• 3cm

• 50cm

What do with the thread?

• Thread the needle fold into double thread and knot at the end

• Wrap it around your finger

• Thread it through the needle and make a single layer

• Make a Bow.

When do you sew the Button?

• After you thread the needle.

• After you thread the needle through the fabric.

• After you’ve had a cup of tea.

• After you have finished.

How many times do you stitch through the button?

• 20 times

• 4 times

• Once

• 8 times

What do you do after you have stitched through the Button 4 times?

• Sew on another Button.

• Thread the needle

• Wrap the thread around under the Button twice

• Have another cup of Tea.

How do you know sewing the button on is secure?

• The thread is taught

• The button moves but not too much

• The Shank is strong with the thread wrapping

• All of the Above

How do you finish sewing the button on?

• Make a knot on the wrong side of fabric and cut any excess thread.

• Pull the thread through to the wrong side of the fabric

• Thread the needle through the button.

• Make a knot