Sunday, April 10, 2016

Button making resources

Members made some lovely buttons at the guild meeting yesterday. Thanks for being such a fun (and patient) group to present for.

More button making resources can be found here:

Dorset cross wheel tutorial: http://www.craftstylish.com/item/42688/how-to-make-dorset-buttons/page/all

Instructions for several types of buttons (Thanks to Jan for finding this page): http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/32711/get-creative-with-heirloom-buttons/page/all

Some history and images of different types of Dorset buttons: http://bnb.jewelrymakingmagazines.com/community/button-corner/2012/04/dorset-buttons

More history and button supplies:
http://henrysbuttons.co.uk/index.html

Dorset buttons on a Baby Sophisticate sweater

Button supplies

Finished buttons



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