How to install snaps to fabric
Discover how to install snaps to fabric projects with this easy, user-friendly guide. Perfect for beginners looking to enhance their creations with a stylish touch.
Yield: 1
Equipment
- metal snaps
- snap pliers
Materials
- 2 fabric strips fabric can't be lightweight, or too thin, needs a little body; cotton and medium canvas are the perfect base for metal snaps. Fabric that is too thick won't work either
Instructions
Prepare the fabric
- To attach snaps to fabric you'll need two spike rings, one ball and one socket.
- Mark the fabric where you want to install the snaps. This is the center of each part of the snap. Mark on both the right side of the garment and the wrong side.
How to install the first half of the snap
- Take one of the spikey rings
- and place it's center in one of the dots you've marked above.
- Push the fabric on the other side against the spikes, using your fingers and nails. Push until the spikes have completely penetrated the fabric. If your fabric is a little stiff, you may need to take some tiny snips. This will help the prongs penetrate the fabric easily.
- Now place the pliers under the spike ring (not the spikes),
- using the cap that is a little hollow in the center.
- Push the ring into the pliers to secure in place.
- Get the socket and look at it from an angle to determine which side is raised. Insert the socket, with the protruding side out, into the metal holder of the pliers (opposite to the cap holding the spike ring). I've placed the socket on the fabric so you can see the exact position.
- Squeeze the pliers really firmly.
- This is the front of the first half of the snap
- And this is the back
How to install the second half of the snap
- To install the ball side of the snap, make sure the fabrics and the snap parts overlap perfectly.
- Meaning the snap ball will have to match the snap socket, so make sure you think about it a little before applying the ball to the opposite fabric.
- Applying the snap ball will basically repeat the steps for the snap socket. The difference is in which side of the fabric you attach the spike ring and the snap ball so the ball matches the socket.
- I used the snaps for a keychain. So in order to match the ball and socket I had to apply the second spike ring to the same side of the keychain as in the first half of the snap.
