Sew buttons on your underwear

Have you ever heard that? Or is it just another one of my mom’s folksy, cryptic sayings? Anyway, this week’s challenge over at the Sew Weekly was a technique: the buttonhole. One would think I’d use this opportunity to play with my newly acquired Dritz bound buttonhole tool. I planned on it, but fabric has a way of speaking for itself. The 10¢ spool of crochet cotton above saved my butt this week. I’d randomly purchased it at a yard sale, without real purpose. Here’s a sneak peek of my submission.