normal shirt buttons, which come off fairly regularly.
Maybe your technique isn’t sufficient and the posted method isn’t as “over the top” as you claim, but fundamental to not loosing buttons.
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fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
That is significantly more complicated than how I was taught to see in a button. Is this just for big metal buttons on jeans or something? It seems massively over the top for normal shirt buttons, which come off fairly regularly.
Roughly what I was taught (for a 4 hole button):
- Shove threaded needle through material into hole in button
- Go across diagonally and go down through the opposite hole and through the material
- Under the material, go across sideways a bit and come up in a different hole
- Repeat 1-3 a bunch of times until it feels strong enough.
- Tie off the thread and cut off the excess.
Wolf314159@startrek.website 2 weeks ago
fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Sorry I wasn’t clear about that - my replaced ones have never come off again - it’s the original ones on the shirt which tend to.
Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
The part about wrapping around the treads between the button and shirt is to give space for the button hole side and to protect the threads from wearing against the button hole and provide longevity to the repair.
fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Yeah, it totally makes sense for some uses.