Learn to Sew – How To Sew Bound Buttonholes

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Today we’re going to make couture bound and piped buttonholes. In this handy guide, Jo demonstrates two different methods for creating couture buttonholes using machine and hand sewing techniques. Couture buttonholes are ideal for coat and jacket projects for special finishing touch. Learn how to create welts using facings as well as essential folding, pressing and topstitching methods for a neat finish.

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[wendynicholss]

I really enjoyed this, thank you for posting. I recently made a lovely wool jacket and ruined it because the buttonholes were awful. Do you think I could now go back and do bound buttonholes even though I have cut them?