Removable winter jacket liner

Step 5 Reinforce buttonholes

You should always reinforce your button holes!!!  Lots of sewing machines have buttonhole settings,  so if you know how to use yours, now's the time.  Honestly my sewing machine is way smarter than I am and I haven't yet been able to bring myself to try that setting.  So, here's how I do it by hand:

Cut your button hole to be the same width, or even a tiny bit smaller, than it's button (picture 1).

There's probably a name for this stitch,  but that's beyond me so I'm just going to describe it to you.

Attach your thread.  Working on the "wrong" side of your fabric, run your needle through just less than a quarter inch from the hole (picture 2).  Pull it through, but not all the way (picture 3).  Run your needle through the loop that you just made (picture 4).  Pull the thread (picture 5).  This should close that loop around your thread, lining the button hole (picture 6).  You can make your stitches closer together if you want, but this distance is fine...these buttons don't get a whole lot of wear.

Try to button it!