White Threads FlossTube #38 – Hardanger buttonhole edging tutorial

White Threads FlossTube 38 – Following on from the previous episode’s Hardanger tutorial, we have a tutorial about the Hardanger buttonhole edging. In this demonstration by the Whitework Queen, Yvette Stanton, she shows how to start, four different corner variations, how to change threads, joining the end to the beginning, how to finish threads, and how to cut the piece out of the surrounding fabric.

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Episode notes:

0:00 Introduction
3:47 Explanation of how handedness affects the demonstration
5:10 Starting the thread and the buttonhole edging
7:37 Stitching corner A
12:25 Stitching corner B
14:43 Stitching corner C
17:20 Stitching corner D
19:55 Changing threads
24:40 Joining the end to the beginning
27:03 Finishing threads
28:13 Cutting out the piece

Step-by-step right-handed instructions for this stitch can be found in Elegant Hardanger Embroidery by Yvette Stanton.