Description
Object description
whole: the images are positioned across the majority, with the lower images partially held within a red border. The title
is separate and positioned along the top edge left and top edge centre, in white. The text is partially integrated and located across the
whole, in black. The Board of Trade emblem is placed at the top edge left. The title and upper images are partially held within a red
inset. All set against a white background.
image: the five upper images depict various items of clothing, with buttons. The lower images illustrate various sewing techniques used to
make or re-inforce buttonholes.
text: ISSUED BY THE BOARD OF TRADE
BOARD OF TRADE
How to make buttonholes....
BUTTONHOLES GET SO MUCH FRICTION THAT THEY MUST BE REALLY WELL MADE IF THEY ARE TO STAY NEAT AND FIRM. DO NOT MAKE THEM ON SINGLE CLOTH.
TACK A RECTANGLE BEHIND EACH BUTTONHOLE BEFORE WORKING. ALWAYS CUT ALONG THE THREAD OF THE MATERIAL, HORIZONTALLY - IF THE STRAIN IS TO BE
AT THE OUTER END, OR VERTICALLY - WHEN THEY ARE TO FASTEN A LOOSELY-FITTING GARMENT, SUCH AS A BLOUSE OR SHIRT.
A
CUT A GUAGE IN CARDBOARD FOR SPACING
WIDTH OF BUTTON FROM EDGE
FRONT EDGE OF GARMENT
B
TACK OUT PANEL FOR SPACING
MAKE HOLE ¼' LONGER THAN BUTTON
PLACE PIN AT END TO PREVENT CUTTING TOO FAR
PIERCE END WITH STILETTO BEFORE CUTTING
C
TACK EACH SIDE BEFORE CUTTING
A THREAD ALONG THE EDGE WILL GIVE EXTRA STRENGTH
OVERCAST SLIT AND REMOVE TACKING
E
METHOD FOR WORKING
BUTTONHOLE STITCH IF PIERCED WITH STILETTO
7 BLANKET STITCHES AT SQUARE END
OR OVER-SEWN IF NO STILETTO USED
F
HOW TO FINISH OFF THE ENDS
1
2
3
THREE STAGES IN MAKING A VERTICAL BUTTONHOLE WITH BOTH ENDS SQUARE
BOUND BUTTONHOLES
1½' longer than hole
2½'
A
TACK TO RIGHT SIDE WITH RIGHT SIDES FACING
THE WIDTH BETWEEN LONG ROWS OF STITCHING CAN BE FROM ¼' to ½' ACCORDING TO THE WIDTH YOU REQUIRE THE BUTTONHOLE
B
CUT DOWN THE MIDDLE AND INTO CORNERS AND PULL THROUGH TO THE WRONG SIDE
C
TWO METHODS OF FINISHING OFF ON THE WRONG SIDE
RUNNING STITCH SECURING THE TURNING
OVERCAST THE EDGES IF YOU ARE NOT FACING THE WRONG SIDE
WHEN A FACING IS USED, CUT EXACTLY OVER SLIT AND TURN IN AND HEM
REPAIRING BUTTONHOLES AND RE-INFORCING BUTTONS
WHEN BUTTONHOLES HAVE BECOME TORN AT THE OUTER EDGE, A PIECE OF TAPE (OR MATCHING MATERIAL IF AVAILABLE) SHOULD BE HEMMED ALONG THE EDGE.
RE-EMBROIDER THE ROUND ENDS.
IF BUTTONS BEGIN TO PULL AWAY FROM THE FABRIC, HEM CIRCLES OF CLOTH AT THE BACK AND SEW THE BUTTONS ON AGAIN SECURELY
Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Greycaines, Watford and London.
51-4242.
B.O.T. CH. 7.
CURTIS STUDIO
Physical description
51-4242.
Board of Trade Chart No 7.
Produced as part of a series of posters (see PST 7957, PST 7958, PST 8030, PST 8031, PST 8035, PST 8036, PST 8038 and PST
14935).