| I didn't use any cording in the buttonholes as is usually suggested for bulkier knits. |
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| The bride's bouquet and 30 buttonholes for the guests failed to turn up at the couple's home. |
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| Another guest then buttonholes me in another corner to complain about the wedding he was at last week. |
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| You may occasionally be accosted in a public place by an attaccabottoni, a doleful bore who buttonholes people and tells sad, pointless tales. |
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| What noun sums up the inescapable bore who buttonholes you to make a pitch or unload on you an interminable tale of woe? |
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| No matter what sort of buttonholes your machine creates, there are several ways you can help or hinder the process. |
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| It usually presents a double row of buttons with a single row of buttonholes. |
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| Touches such as real cuff buttonholes or hand-finished lapels now come into play. |
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| If your buttonholes tend to fray, place a dab of fray retardant on the back of the buttonhole. |
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| The buttonholes worn by the groom and best man were made from an English rose and a Scottish thistle. |
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| Make the samples on the same number of fabric and interfacing layers that are in the garment where the buttonholes are located. |
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| Buttons and buttonholes should sit inside the topstitching, never overlap it. |
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| Although the bar tack is frequently the buttonhole of choice, many machines can make rounded and keyhole buttonholes, as well as eyelets. |
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| If you are planning on making buttonholes, then interface the center front edges of both front pieces. |
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| On the center front of a garment, horizontal buttonholes are the most secure and help prevent the opening from gaping. |
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| Truth is, the best shirts made in recent years have all had two buttonholes on each cuff. |
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| Brenda Fitzell and Lesley Irvine were thanked for the table flowers and birthday buttonholes. |
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| The pattern will indicate placement for buttons and buttonholes but final locations are best determined after the pattern is altered and fitted to you. |
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| Miller began hooking small buttons into buttonholes down at the top of the skirt and continued up the bodice, pulling the fabric tightly to smooth out all the wrinkles. |
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| A Shrivenham florist made a wedding at Cricklade a happy event by stepping in after a Swindon firm failed to deliver the bride's bouquet and 30 buttonholes for guests. |
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| John was a colourful figure, with a predilection for striped blazers, white silk dinner jackets, hats, buttonholes, and club ties, of which he had a magnificent collection. |
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| It had buttonholes that appeared normal, but on closer inspection sent the viewer spinning down a mindbending Escheresque wormhole. |
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| If your buttonholes are too big for your buttons, or will be after only a few unbuttonings, try reinforcing them using one of the methods on this page. |
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