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why are the buttonholes on some garments horizontal and on some vertical? is there a reason for this or is is just personal preference? i always do mine vertically as it seems to interfere with other design details when done horizontally. am i just worrying for no reason?
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Arlee, the "rule" (...meant to be broken, of course!) is that a shirt with a button band gets vertical buttonholes, all others get horizontal buttonholes. I have no idea why, except that a band usually isn't wide enough to accomodate horizontal holes. I wouldn't worry about it. Sometimes the type of button, the shape of the button, or the look of the garment requires that you go one way or the other. Do what works for you!
*I agree with Stephanie, rules were made to be broken. The only reason I would not put a vertical buttonhole in certain cases is if the pull of the button would cause one edge of the buttonhole to stretch. In shirts, that is generally not an issue, because of the many layers of fabric and interfacing.Usually one tries to match the buttonholes to the design details of the garment - so for example, vertical stripes on a shirt looks best with vertical buttonholes, but a horizontal yoke on a dress may be better complimented by horizontal closings.
*The horizontal buttonhole at the top should stop the fronts of the shirts moving up and down and getting lop sided. The rest of the buttonholes are vertical so that there is no possibility of underwear or bare flesh showing if the shirt is pulled a bit tight.However, it gets done any which way now!Ghillie
*I'm not confident with placement of buttonholes Help
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