Different Techniques to produce Buttons

Buttons, Buttons, Buttons

Explore different techniques to produce a variety of buttons. Learn how to make your own Leek Buttons in the classic Deaths Head Design, using silk worked over 200mm slightly domed wooden former. These buttons are recorded having been made in the area around Macclesfield from 1574. Knit and crochet over wooden beads or large buttons to produce matching buttons to your garments. Using fine wools and fancy threads produce Dorset buttons using wrapping and weaving.