Yorkshire buttons tutorial

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 …

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, ...

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...

To make your own Dorset button all you need are the following: Approximately 6 metres of two different coloured yarn A...

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

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 ...

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

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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 different to my other, “work” stitching. I firs came across Yorkshire buttons just the other week on Gina Ferrari’s blog Fan my Flame, where she’d finished a beautiful handmade coat with some. Being a Yorkshire lass though and through, I was ashamed I’d never heard of them. And obviously had to try making my own! Pretty, aren’t they? But more decorative…