Buttons

I've spent the last few hours researching hand made buttons, since I intend to make some, and come up with some links.

I thought that I'd share them. The formatting is bound to come out a bit funny because I'm copying and pasting from a heavily formatted Word doc.

I used

Making Buttons created and maintained by Cathy Snell. 9/17/03

http://www.employees.org/~cathy/buttons.html

as a basis as it was the most thorough paper I found.

It has lots of different methods listed and some very interesting variations described, based on those basic methods, and lots of photos.

I found some more instructions, alternative instructions, a few more pictures (modern ones only - sigh) - whatever contributed to the subject ....

Cloth Buttons

http://garb4guys.blogspot.com/2007/07/buttoning-up-part-one.html has step by step photos for a stuffed button, as well as http://home.comcast.net/~beweave1/medievaltailor/demosButtons.html

http://clanwolfhaven.com/cecilias_workshop/cecilias_classes/Recreating_Period_Button1.pdf

also described making a stuffed cloth ball button

Embroidered Buttons

http://flickrembroidery.blogspot.com/2007/06/embroidered-buttons.html

Wrapped Buttons

a modern picture at http://www.vertetsable.com/store/store_sundries.htm

and at

http://www.clanwolfhaven.com/cecilias_workshop/buttons.html

More complete instructions at http://www.reddawn.net/costume/buttons.htm
including adding a bit of gold thread around them as an extra wrap and at

http://www.clanwolfhaven.com/cecilias_workshop/buttons.html

Buttonhole stitch buttons

“An Elizabethan Button” - http://www.sca.org.au/tailors/eliz_button.html

I was surprised that I couldn't find more on these.

Death's Head button

A modern picture at

http://et-tu.com/shop4history/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=106&osCsid=a34066b4751d25493160357bd07932cc

The link in Cathy's doc on how to make them works *grin*

Woven Buttons

A modern pic at
http://www.clanwolfhaven.com/cecilias_workshop/buttons.html

and a fuzzy one at http://myhiddenstash.blogspot.com/2007_06_01_archive.html

and thorough instructions at http://www.vertetsable.com/demos_buttons.htm
including some extra variations and at http://garb4guys.blogspot.com/2008/02/buttoning-up-part-two.html

and lastly, although later in period

Corded, Faceted and Basketweave Buttons

http://garb4guys.blogspot.com/2008/02/buttoning-up-part-two.html

Dorset Thread Buttons

http://etsylabs.blogspot.com/2007/05/make-your-own-damn-buttons.html

and

http://homeofthesampler.com/howtos/craftypod.html

Finishing Buttons

http://garb4guys.blogspot.com/2008/02/buttoning-up-part-two.html