From what I understand, you have a faaaabulous quilter in the town where you live. She's sewn practically all her life and taught sewing classes at a local school where you live. She's just the nicest, sweetest, kindest, all around great gal, I bet she would love to come over and help figure out the buttonholer with you. You might need to thank her by taking her out to an expensive restaurant, or something like that. But I would think you'd want to pay for her next trip to the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival next spring. I hear she's going! What do you think about that idea???