Anyone have any tips for sewing buttonholes in fleece jackets. I am fed up with trying to put a zip in as it twists and stretches and does not lay flat, any ideas welcome. Liz
In message , Liz Hall writes >Anyone have any tips for sewing buttonholes in fleece jackets. I am fed up >with trying to put a zip in as it twists and stretches and does not lay >flat, any ideas welcome. >Liz > > Have you thought of putting toggles on like a duffle coat. Use a nice braid to use to hold them and for the loops to fasten them. Just a thought Shirley -- Shirley Shone shirley@allcrafts.demon.co.uk http://www.allcrafts.org.uk
Yes but I can never get the colours to match the same as the zips, I am practising bound buttonholes at the moment. Liz "Shirley Shone" wrote in message news:FrO0aKIP1BrKFw44@allcrafts.demon.co.uk... > In message , Liz Hall > writes >>Anyone have any tips for sewing buttonholes in fleece jackets. I am fed up >>with trying to put a zip in as it twists and stretches and does not lay >>flat, any ideas welcome. >>Liz >> >> > Have you thought of putting toggles on like a duffle coat. > Use a nice braid to use to hold them and for the loops to fasten them. > Just a thought > Shirley > -- > Shirley Shone > shirley@allcrafts.demon.co.uk > http://www.allcrafts.org.uk