button sewing

Securing a closure

Button sewing is the craft or task of attaching buttons to fabric, typically using needle and thread through the button's holes and into the material.

The term appears in contexts ranging from basic mending skills to industrial garment production: She learned button sewing from her grandmother, The factory's button sewing machines can attach hundreds per hour.

Related

bobbin · eye · hole · shank · fastener · closure · shirt · coat · snap · hook · loop · mend · repair · attach · pin · scissors · garment · tailor

Opposites
fastener attachment method

button sewingzipper repair

Restoring interlocking closure function

lacing

GARMENT CONSTRUCTION vs DECONSTRUCTION

button sewingunstitching

Removing sewn connections

Family

button, sewing, buttons, buttoned, buttoning, buttonhole, buttonholes, sew, sews

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G