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How to Sew a Buttonhole With Your Machine, Step by Step

One-step and four-step buttonholes explained: interfacing first, setting the buttonhole foot, testing on the same layers, and cutting it open safely.

Hilly Shore Labs8 minAugust 3, 2026

How to Sew a Zipper: Centered, Lapped and Invisible

Sewing a centered zipper with a zipper foot, then lapped and invisible zippers — including the basting trick that makes the whole thing calm.

Hilly Shore Labs7 minAugust 2, 2026