Hi everyone
My name is Melissa and this is How to Adult
Today's video is how to sew on a button
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and just so you know
my budgie will be out
so she may make an appearance
and with that, let's get started
so the first thing you're going to need is
a little sewing kit
I've emptied mine but I've got this from
Coles, I think it was,
so just at your local supermarket
or at your craft shop or your cheap shop
Wherever, it doesn't matter where
it comes from
Generally, they will have some thread
some needles
and a threader
These are all you need,
plus your button and your material
to sew on a button
Now, I've already gotten the
largest needle out from
this kit
but, if you need to find out
how to open these ones
there's a little gap
in here
that when you twist it around
the right way
it will line up with
the slots of
where your needles are
and you just tip it upside down
and it falls right out
Make sure you put it back to the side
otherwise you'll get needles falling out everywhere
and NOONE wants to step on a needle
trust me (OUCH!)
So, just pull out some
thread
and you can either try and thread your needle
straight away. I've got quite a large one here
so that's easy for me to do
If you find that you're having some trouble
you can either wet the end here
or if it gets a little
sometime you like that fluff that starts to come off
just cut it up... or cut it off and try again
or you can fold it in half
and twist it, try to stick it in that way
but the easiest way
is to use your
needle threader
there's a little wire at the end here
I don't know if you can see it to well
hopefully you can
that's obviously a lot bigger
then the hole (eye) of a needle
so what you do
is you stick the wire
thought the hole of the needle
obviously this is very large
it goes all the way through
normally they just go up to there
Sweetie that tickles (Sweetie is the bird)
you get your thread
put it through that hole
and then all you do is
you pull the threader out
and it will thread your needle
Ta Da!
then the next thing to do
is to pull out how much
thread you think you're going to use
I strongly suggest that you
overestimate it
particular when you're first starting
it's going to be
a bit trickier, so it's always better
to have some extra
That should be plenty
so I'm just going to cut that off
Now there are different types of scissors
these are just normal crafty scissors
but if you're using something like
sewing scissors, they're not going to cut
the thread very well, there's for materials
that are a bit thicker
ok, so that's been cut off
so now you just do a knot
twist it around your finger
I'll do that again
got that on the top of your finger
coming from underneath and up and across
then get your needle through the top one
and pull.
Take your fingers out
and voila! That's one knot
I strongly suggest that you do
as many knots as possible because
the thread is quite thin
and compared to how big the hole is
in either the button or the material
that would just pop straight through and
it will be useless so
it's best to do a little one and
to do it more than one
Try to get them on top of each other
which is a little tricky to do
(Sweetie is chewing on the microphone)
Alright that's knot great (hee hee)
but it's done
So, got my left over
knitting square that I did
years ago
it's quite stretchy, the holes are quite big
but that's alright because I'm just doing a rough
thing anyway
and I've got a nice big button for us
Ta Da! (Fun never stops here!)
and the first thing you want to do
is once you've got your button in the place
you want it to be, you need to
approach from the backside
so stick the thread in... I mean the needle in
and line it up, so it goes through one of the holes
of your button
Now pull it almost all the way through
you want to leave some leftover
because we're going to strengthen
the hold by (Sweetie!)
We're going to strengthen the hold
by going through again
but before we do that
We're going to get our button
and going to go through another hole
before we go
Are you alright there missy? (bird again)
My apologies my budgie has gate crashed
this video
Now you can sew
your buttons anyway you like, you can do it
diagonally, or
(Karate chop from Sweetie)
but which every way you pick you
need to be consistent with it otherwise
it's going to look like a mess
(are you alright there missy?) Introducing
SWEETIE!
pop it down through the next one. I'm gonna
do a uppiy downy thing
so that's the first little
go through (meaning stitch)
Then you get the end
of your first thread
to the very end before the knots
and you put your needle though that hole
that they create
and then pull that tight
Now, I usually will do that a few times
are you alright?
ow don't bite me (This bird, I tell ya!)
I'll do that a few times, because
thread is usually pretty weak to be honest
and you need to be..... able to..... enforce it
(Bird's now trying to eat my apple!)
Alright, so you just go through them
a couple of times
make sure you pull them tight otherwise you're
gonna get weird loops like this
You can pull that from the back to
if that makes you feel better
say hi sweetie
Don't chew my finger!
alright, so now that you've done
that the back is going to look like a hot mess
don't even worry about what it looks like
cause it's not going to be tidy
specifically the first few times you do it
and, so all you have to do (sweetie) is
go over it a few more times, because you want
it to be as strong as possible
(Are you helping me? Or are you not?)
*Seriously, she's not helping
same, go through the bottom
plus it as tight as you can and down the top
and just keep doing that a few times
So, I have sown the thread though
a couple of times
and as you can see, the back is a bit of a hot mess
because, I wasn't that careful to be honest with you
Now, I now want to tie these two pieces together
because I want them to be as strong as possible
so just tie it like it's a normal knot basically
and I would double knot that at least
sometimes I like to triple knot it but that's just
cause I'm strange like that.
(in case the subtitles didn't give that away!)
and if you want to you can also kinda under sew
the button as well, to reinforce it in that.
I don't think I need that this time
certainly cause it's not actually important
to me right now
and voila!
your button should be secure
but still loose enough to function basically
Once you've done that, snip off the ends
and that's it!
(BAM!) All done!
Ok, today's joke is
What did the thread say to the button?
I'm so into you. <3
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bye!
I've actually got a second YouTube Channel
starting up, called Little Birdie Reads Reddit
and this little one gave me the idea.
It's kind of like, a little birdie told me
well, here's the little birdie
she's been biting me and stuff
yeah you like to play, you like to play
go on get it, get it, get it
bop (Not impressed, lol)
Alright, I'll see you next week, bye!