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Here’s how I sew a miniature button on a doll’s shirt, coat, or dress… #Miniature #Sewing

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Today’s tutorial video shows me adding a decorative button over the top of a pair of jointed snaps, on the front of a little white bolero that my Skipper doll is modeling.

If you also want to add a decorative button over the top of your snaps, here are the steps I’ve taken, written as step-by-step instructions:

  1. Sew both snaps on first. This link will take you to my “How to sew snaps/poppers” tutorial video.
  2. Lay your miniature button on a flat surface (this keeps it from falling on the floor and getting lost).
  3. Thread your Dritz Size 10 In-Between Needle and knot the thread.
  4. Insert your Dritz Size 10 In-Between Needle underneath the top snap — the snap that’s closest to the outer part of the garment, hiding your thread’s knot under the snap.
  5. Trim away any excess thread from the knot area.
  6. Push the tip of your needle through to the outer part of the garment.
  7. Load your button by passing the tip of the needle all the way through the first button hole.
  8. Make sure your button lies against the fabric before passing the tip of the needle back through the top of the button, using the second hole.
  9. As your needle’s point goes through the fabric, angle it slightly, to avoid passing through the snap. (You want the needle to come through the fabric just outside the circumference of the snap.) This may take a little bit of fiddling around to get it to come out the right way.
  10. Tie a knot near the edge of the snap’s circle without passing your needle through the snap itself.

And that’s what you see me doing in that video!

If you need to buy some doll-sized buttons, this link to my store will take you to the page where I offer lots of helpful links to miniature (doll-sized) buttons and other closures.

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