Sewing a Button with a Sewing Machine

December 1st, 2009 | by admin |

Use the Sew a Button presser foot to sew flat buttons on your garments or craft projects. It’s easy, and fun once you’ve got the method down.

The Singer sew a button presser foot comes both as a screw on foot or a clip on foot for the slant shank adapter. Great for those of us who always poke ourselves hand sewing on buttons.

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  1. 25 Responses to “Sewing a Button with a Sewing Machine”

  2. By quadraphonicfreak on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply

    You don(t need any …
    You don(t need any special foot to sew on a button. Start with your basic old cast iron sewing machine and a regular presser foot. Lower feed dogs. Position button on fabric and align needle to go through one of the holes in the button and repeat the first stitch 2 or 3 times to lock the stich. Lift the presser foot move to next hole and back and forth until 5 or 6 passes over the button hole. It takes all of 1 minute to do this …everyone wants to sell a presser foot these days!

  3. By bobco303 on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply

    thank you. I always …
    thank you. I always wondered how to do this. I will have to give it a try now.

  4. By LouNGeR83 on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply

    huh, did I just …
    huh, did I just watch this? XD

  5. By sewmarm on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply

    Me, too, and I have …
    Me, too, and I have been sewing for over 30 years.

    More importantly, I am not a good girl about mending. So I make myself do some of the mending pile before getting to whatever sewing project I am working on. Of course, much of the mending pile is buttons to be replaced. Mending them by machine is faster and easier for me, and then I get to sew something fun!

  6. By sewmarm on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply

    1. Because if I …
    1. Because if I have more than one button, I end up having to re-thread my needle multiple times. I HATE threading my needle. With the machine, thread it once, sew tens of buttons if needed.

    2. I never poke my finger.

    3. Faster.

    Happy sewing!

  7. By Odenkay on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply

    faster with a …
    faster with a machine most of the time

  8. By vrambo on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply

    I actually find …
    I actually find sewing on a machine easy and sewing with my hands hard… loll but then again i have very little knowledge of either

  9. By ChowZeb on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply

    its for lazy people …
    its for lazy people obviously but yes i agree with your statment

  10. By Rustyrunaway on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply

    why dont you just …
    why dont you just do it by hand?

  11. By lennonemelia on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply

    thank you so much …
    thank you so much for these very helpful videos! just what i’ve been looking for. :)

  12. By sewmarm on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply

    Happy Sewing!
    Happy Sewing!

  13. By pinkheartshades on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply

    I really needed …
    I really needed this ! Awesome Video! ThankYou!!!!!!!!!!!1

  14. By sewmarm on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply

    You’re welcome! …
    You’re welcome! Happy sewing!

  15. By mattychavira on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply

    Thank you for your …
    Thank you for your help, I really appreciate it!!

  16. By 0502210 on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply

    yeah i have tried …
    yeah i have tried to do that on my own machine but i can’t get the flat button to fit under the presser foot!! so i think its wonderful that my machine has such functions but i would hope that they would also work… (my machine isn’t singer though, it’s EVA M 300 and it was cheap so i can’t expect it to do wonders)

    i want to thank you for your videos because of them i have been learning “sewing english” lol..

  17. By nappynullipara on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply

    You rule, Sew Marm! …
    You rule, Sew Marm! This video just made my day. Now I won’t give my husband dirty looks when he asks me to replace a button. A very clear, well done video. Thanks.

  18. By sewmarm on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply

    Great! Welcome to …
    Great! Welcome to the world of sewing! I’ve favorited a lot of good sewing videos by other YouTube users in my favorites on my channel, too.

    Happy Sewing!

  19. By sewmarm on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply

    Yes. Make sure …
    Yes. Make sure you’re also set on 0 stitch length!. The straight stitch just anchors your button, then use the zig zag to get the right stitch width for your button.

  20. By akyramoto on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply

    I totally want to …
    I totally want to sew some buttons now! this video was a lot of help, you make it look easy!! Thank you!!
    Just recently started sewing, got my first ‘own’ machine yesterday – I think the only reason I felt confident getting into it was the wealth of knowledge on the net, like your videos!

  21. By akyramoto on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply

    so you start on …
    so you start on straight stitch, then switch to zig zag once you’ve lined up the second hole?

  22. By sewmarm on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply

    Happy Sewing for …
    Happy Sewing for such a wonderful reason!
    As the kids grow, mending can get to be a real chore. Using my machine to sew buttons gets the mending pile down much faster!

  23. By TheGraceDiaries on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply

    Thankyou so much, I …
    Thankyou so much, I have just started sewing (I am making a dress for my so to be born daughter) and it has buttons. I am going to practice sewing buttons with my machine and then hopefully sew them on the dress. Very good video.
    Grace

  24. By wonderboy121314 on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply

    ok thank you i will …
    ok thank you i will defiantly go to the sewing shop and get one…thanks

  25. By sewmarm on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply

    I was never …
    I was never successful without that presser foot. The regular foot isn’t made to both hold down the button and stay out of the way of the needle.

    You can usually find the button sew on foot on ebay for cheap. I use it all the time.

  26. By wonderboy121314 on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply

    do you have to use …
    do you have to use the presserfoot because i dont have that specific foot i only have the regular foot

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