Yorkshire buttons tutorial

One of my joys last winter was taking part in excellent online learning events by the UK Braid Society. My first event by published lacemaker Gillian Dye, was on a technique that surprisingly grabbed my attention - Yorkshire Button making. Less known than passementerie buttons such as the Dorset button, the Yorkshire button has a pleasing rounded organic shape which I recall seeing many a time on historical garments. As my fingers started to learn the technique on a wintery afternoon, little…

Bit of a departure here, but no apologies – my only brief for this year’s samples is to respond to anything that interests me. Preferably ...

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 …

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Bit of a departure here, but no apologies – my only brief for this year’s samples is to respond to anything that interests me. Preferably ...

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…

At our April meeting, which fell on Good Friday, we made Yorkshire Buttons. We had first become interested in finding out about these when w...

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I had a wonderful time at Knitting & Stitching in Olympia yesterday - a little (and VERY busy) workshop making dorset buttons on t...

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I have wanted to learn the art of Dorset button making for some time. A two hour workshop at my local Embroiderers’ Guild cropped up, and was a perfect excuse to chat with my sewing chums and learn! A collection of stunning vintage pieces and a copy of Stitch magazine provided inspiration for our first Dorset Button. … Continue reading "How to make a Dorset Button"

With the holidays coming up, hand-made trinkets, ornaments, and decorations are on my mind! They are especially on my mind right now because, here in the studio, we're in the throes of creating a little line of lovely and fun Christmas ornaments. That shouldn't surprise you - I've been sneak-pee

Hand stitched, pieced birdie, showcasing some of my handmade Dorset buttonsDorset buttons are essentially covered rings. The rings can be wood, metal, or plastic, and they’re covered with thread using a buttonhole stitchHISTORYThe Dorset Button industry flourished for 160 years employing, by the 1780s, 4,000 women and children until the button making machine was invented in 1860. Thirty-Year-War soldier Abraham Case invented a revolutionary thread-covered button around 1622. Case

Try some intriguing variations and attractive embellishments on traditional heirloom buttons.

I collect buttons! And who doesn’t love buttons? They are useful and pretty and have served for art inspiration over the years. And my parents generation played the game “Button, button, who’s got the button?” growing up. I have some of my Grandmother’s buttons as well as my Mother’s in my button co

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Eventbrite - The Embroiderers' Guild UK presents On Demand: Workshop Curiously Wrought-Making Needlework Buttons with Gina-B - - Find event and ticket information.

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