Friday 29 August 2014

Adoration of prym pliers

Not much sewing happening here with school holidays but last week I added buttons to my denim jacket.  I was expecting an hour of huffing and puffing, cursing with a hammer and hammering my fingers, but then in a lightning flash I remembered I had some prym pliers.  

Bought about three years ago on eeeeeebay, they held the adaptors and the buttons
Then they pushed the buttons in.

Ta-dah!
They made the job so quick and painless.
Sometimes the right tool really does help get the job done.   Though I confess to breaking my twin needles about three weeks ago on all the topstitching.  I still have to buy a new one to restart.  At first the topstitching was fun, now it is dragging on, it's not quite so fun.  There is just so much topstitching!

6 comments:

  1. Sweet! These look great! The buttons and topstitching are really giving this a fancy look!

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    1. Thank you - I feel as if I will never get to finish this jacket at the moment. I need peace and quiet to keep the topstitching straight and that just never happens! :) x

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  2. Wow!! Getting closer, you must be feeling you're on the home stretch now. It'll be a perfect autumn jacket!! Those pliers look ace.- I've put on single jeans buttons with a hammer, but I think when you've got more than one to attach neatly those pliers must be a life saver!!

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  3. These look very handy. To be honest I didn't know there was such a thing, although I have replaced jeans buttons with a hammer before. My, was it difficult! I think your finished jacket will be very impressive, with all the topstitching x

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  4. I have some of those pliers bought when my daughter was younger and I was attaching lots of poppers to everything, and they do make such a difference! Every time a button goes on my husband's work trousers I replace with with a jeans button - so much easier!! I love the top stitching, it's looking really good now. Nearly there!!

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