Hello Peeps, Cést Moi ... Ive slunk into the light side to ask HOW you get button loops into the edge of a garment without them misbehaving.
Ok heres the thing ... yearsy yearsy years ago, when I first joined TSF I wanted some advice on making a Djellaba for HWMNBN who was then my husband.
Advice was given and must have been followed as two, one decent, one very decent djellabas were created.
The very decent one was used a lot and now Ive noticed that a couple of the loops (made from thin twisted cord) had frayed and a couple of the covered buttons need replacing ... so here I am, back asking advice,
So I imagine that theres an easy, professional way to insert button loops as your are actually making the garment but I need the cheats version as I only want to undo the top stitching of the already made, used and abused article.
When I made the djellabas the lil loops slithered around like nobodies business .. and now Im hoping someone can guide me into being able to insert the replacements into the already made garment.
Heres a pic showing the space where the broken loop was and the loop below fraying ... I still have the cord, as you can see, and probably some of the covered buttons too. All I need now is the Know How ... Over to you Boffins!
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