Dorset buttons tutorial

I love Dorset Buttons. I love their history. I love their charm. I love their versatility. I just love Dorset buttons! And I love what creative people are doing with Dorset buttons these days. So, when Anita sent in photos of her latest adventures in Dorset-buttonry (I don’t really think that “buttonry” is a word, ...

As promised here is the Dorset button photo tutorial...............please enjoy x Making a Dorset button only requires a couple of items, but the result is a beautiful hand-made button that can be made into a pendant, ring, brooch..............or just be used as a button. For this button I used embroidery thread in a couple of contrasting colours, a large wooden curtain ring and an embroidery needle. Thread the needle with a long length of embroidery thread (as long as you can manage without…

Dorset button Tutorial

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Dorset buttons are thread covered buttons, created with embroidery stitches. Learn how to make dorset buttons in our step-by-step tutorial.

As promised here is the Dorset button photo tutorial...............please enjoy x Making a Dorset button only requires a couple of items, but the result is a beautiful hand-made button that can be made into a pendant, ring, brooch..............or just be used as a button. For this button I used embroidery thread in a couple of contrasting colours, a large wooden curtain ring and an embroidery needle. Thread the needle with a long length of embroidery thread (as long as you can manage without…

I had an interesting Facebook exchange with someone yesterday regarding some new thread buttons I've been teaching myself to make. These...

I had a wonderful time at Knitting & Stitching in Olympia yesterday - a little (and VERY busy) workshop making dorset buttons on the day my first book was published! I ran out of worksheets, so as promised here is a tutorial for the little buttons which feature in my first two books - if you play around with colours you can create a myriad of unique designs - use them on linen & cotton clothes, to secure little purses, as little badges or simply to decorate projects... you will need (for…

Introduction There are dozens of types of buttons that can be made with a needle and thread,* one of the most effective and easiest to make is a Yorkshire button. I have read that there was once a …

Join Kate Larson as she shares some of the history of Dorset buttons and guides you through making several button styles in our new course, How to Make Dorset Buttons.