How to Sew an Inseam Buttonhole | Professional Tailoring Technique

Learn how to create a professional inseam buttonhole using the seam of a garment—an elegant tailoring technique that's particularly useful for jackets and coats. Inseam buttonholes are a clever alternative to traditional buttonholes and are especially useful when working with thick woollen fabrics, where sewing a conventional buttonhole can be challenging. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to construct an inseam buttonhole from start to finish, including: ✂️ How to prepare and reinforce the fabric ✂️ How to construct the seam around the buttonhole opening ✂️ How to secure and finish the buttonhole ✂️ How to construct the opposite side of the garment ✂️ How to position and attach the button ✂️ How to achieve a clean, professional tailored finish I'll also show you an example from a classic pea coat and explain how this technique has been used in tailored outerwear. 📐 Free downloadable pattern: You'll find the pattern and template for this tutorial linked below. https://drive.google.com/file/d/10oYeMOaT0ldWiZTRNHYasDmp1uiVCRgP/view?usp=sharing This tutorial is part of my complete Buttons & Buttonholes Playlist, where we start with buttonhole theory and work through a range of techniques from standard and automatic buttonholes through to jeans, bound, rouleau and tailored buttonhole techniques. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAHu-g3sOuEDoCxfo7om6QNS3Dlv450fO Up next, we'll look at hand-sewn buttonholes, a traditional technique synonymous with custom and bespoke ta