That's definitely less labor-intensive than the buttonhole stitch! Is the whipstitch more historically accurate than the buttonhole, or "just" a more practical technique for ridiculously busy sewists?
It is actually historically accurate. It is used in the all the way into the 19thc century. I don't believe you actually see another stitch being used until the eyelet becomes stitched mechanically.
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I've always thought it was a button hole stitch, so all my eyelets are super strong I guess
That is a stitch that seems to happen well into the 19th c for eyelets.
That's definitely less labor-intensive than the buttonhole stitch! Is the whipstitch more historically accurate than the buttonhole, or "just" a more practical technique for ridiculously busy sewists?
It is actually historically accurate. It is used in the all the way into the 19thc century. I don't believe you actually see another stitch being used until the eyelet becomes stitched mechanically.