How to make a dorset button

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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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…

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"

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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"

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…