Yorkshire buttons tutorial

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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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 …

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...

At our April meeting, which fell on Good Friday, we made Yorkshire Buttons. We had first become interested in finding out about these when we saw some antique versions on display at the Macclesfield Silk Museum during our Annual Outing in 2013. Wyn researched them and found out how they were made, and passed her knowledge on to the rest of us. I hope that you will be able to work out, from the pictures below and the instructions which Wyn has written, how to make them for yourself. You will…

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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...

As you may have seen in my last post, I have been making woven buttons recently. This time I actually remembered to take photos of the pro...

One of my joys last winter was taking part in excellent online learning events by the UK Braid Society. My first event by published lacemaker Gillian Dye, was on a technique that surprisingly grabbed my attention - Yorkshire Button making. Less known than passementerie buttons such as the Dorset button, the Yorkshire button has a pleasing rounded organic shape which I recall seeing many a time on historical garments. As my fingers started to learn the technique on a wintery afternoon, little…