One or more of your shirt buttons are likely to get loose at some time or the other and if you do not do something about it right in the beginning you are likely to lose the button forever. Why such a fuss over something this small? The problem with buttons is, because they are so small, if they become loose and fall off your shirt they are almost impossible to retrieve. Can you imagine getting down on your hands and knees looking for the button that pops off your shirt while you are at a social do?
If you are wearing a dress shirt you need to be especially careful.

Buttons on dress shirts are typically unique and losing one of them could very well call for an entire new set of buttons as replacements will be almost impossible to find. In fact, it is a good idea to make it a habit to check that none of the dress shirt buttons are lose before wearing the shirt. If you do find a button that is loose, you’d be better off either sewing it back on more firmly or cutting it off rather than running the risk of losing it.

Even if you have never sewn a button onto a shirt before, you have nothing to worry about. Take a look at the 10 steps, and you will see that sewing a button is easier than you could ever imagine.

Fixing your Buttons One Stitch at a Time

1.If you’ve managed to save the loose button; that’s great! If you haven’t, take a look at the bottom of your dress shirt and you are likely to find a spare button sewn on discreetly.

2.If you’ve already used up the spare, you can still snip off the very last button on your shirt. Once you tuck your shirt into your trousers nobody will notice that missing button.

3.Now you will need to find some thread that is the exact color or at least a close enough shade to be almost indistinguishable when used to sew on your button.

4.To thread your needle, cut about 2 feet of the selected thread and push one end of it through the eye of the needle. Make a knot at the other end.

5.After pulling out all the excess thread that was left behind by the errant button, hold the new button in that same location and hold it down firmly.

6.Now push the needle carefully from under the shirt to the top through one of the holes in the button. Once you’ve pulled the whole needle through and tightened the thread, you will need to push the needle from top to down through the opposite buttonhole.

7.Repeat steps 4 & 5 till you have passed the needle and thread through all the buttons at least a couple of times.

8. Creating a little bit of space between the button and the shirt will help make buttoning imminently better. Here’s how you can do this. After you’ve attached the button but before ending the thread, you wind the last bit of thread a couple of times round the threads in the gap between the button and the shirt.

9.Push your needle and thread to the underside of your shirt and pull the thread taut and secure your efforts with a small knot.

10. Cut off your thread and you are all done! With your new button sewed on tight your dress shirt is likely to look as good as new and you will be all set to attend any function you’ve been invited to.

Here another helpful tip: When you are traveling, it is always handy to carry along a small handy sewing kit, which includes a few spools of thread in the basic colors. These handy sewing kits cost only a few dollars and are easy to find at stores everywhere.