Buttonholes are cut carefully with the grain of the material. Worked buttonholes as shown here have close, even stitching with a bar at one end and with the other end rounded to accommodate the shank of the button. Bound buttonholes are even, narrow, squared off at the ends, and securely stitched.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 98, Issue 4, 15 April 1959, Page 415
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51Buttonholes are cut carefully with the grain of the material. Worked buttonholes as shown here have close, even stitching with a bar at one end and with the other end rounded to accommodate the shank of the button. Bound buttonholes are even, narrow, squared off at the ends, and securely stitched. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 98, Issue 4, 15 April 1959, Page 415
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