Dorset buttons

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Want to learn how to make a Dorset button - but prefer written instructions?Here's a free PDF with photographic step-by-step instructions to make a Dorset Crosswheel (also known as a Cartwheel) button. Buttons made on metal rings are believed to have first been made in Dorset around 1730. They are great to use as embellishments, jewellery, and even as actual buttons! Click here for your downl

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Dorset Button Posy Brooches: Dorset buttons are a traditional type of handmade button made by working simple stitches in thread around a ring. They can be plain affairs in a single colour or as fancy and multi-coloured as you like. One of the prettiest styles is the posy of flo…

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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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Sue Spargo on Instagram: "Have you ever tried to make a Yorkshire Button? With our brand new Yorkshire Button Kits at Sue Spargo, you can make these amazing woven buttons to embellish clothing, embroidery projects, bags, or just about anything under the sun! Already tried Yorkshire Buttons? We also have Dorset, Zwirnknopfe, and Celestial Button Kits to try! Shop our amazing selection of @ginabsilkworks button kits and booklets now at Sue Spargo! . . #suespargo #creativestitching #buttonkits…

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