Detached Buttonhole

Detached buttonhole

This is created exactly the same way as buttonhole but rather than taking the stitching through the material the stitch is created around a bar and subsequently back into the previous line of stitching.

1. Bring the needle out at point A and create one long stitch (bar).

2. Bring the needle back up just below point A and begin to work buttonhole stitch around the bar itself as follows.

3. Holding the thread to the left carefully take the needle over the top and behind the bar.  Before pulling the needle through carefully tuck the thread under the point of the needle, then pull gently to form the stitch. DO NOT take the needle through the material.

Repeat step 3