Wooly nylon has a lower melting point than polyester thread, so be sure to iron your seams on a medium to low setting. Make your covered buttons. Remember, we have an excellent tutorial on working with the Dritz® Cover Buttons Kits if you are new to the technique. When you reach the second end (which will be the rounded one), keep repeating the same stitch, slowly curving around the hole. Maintain an even distance of 2-3 mm (about ⅛”). You may need to make your stitches a little closer to each other to get a nice smooth curve.

As rayon is so silky, it has a tendency to unwind from the spool. Use a thread net to prevent it from unspooling prematurely, especially if your thread is on a cone instead of a spool. Gather up your materials. As above with the standard button tufting, the thread itself will be covered by the buttons so we strongly recommend the Dritz® waxed thread. Not only is it best in terms of strength, its waxed surface allows it to slide more easily through the pillow form or filler. This characteristic is very important when you are pulling thread across a longer than normal distance.In medieval Europe, garments were laced together or fastened with brooches or clasps and points, until buttonholes were invented in the 13th century. Then buttons became so prominent that in some places sumptuary laws were passed putting limits on their use. Very similar to extra fine thread, bobbin fill thread is a specialty thread designed to be strong and durable for winding up your spare bobbins. It is thinner than general purpose thread. Photo credit: Kat Waters When should I use it? Collect all your materials. Tufting is usually one of the final steps in a cushion project. For our tutorial, we simply created some tiny sample shapes that would allow you to best see the technique in the photos.

|These are a few of your options regarding which thread / how many strands per button loop. There isn’t a right and wrong answer for which one to use – depends on what you’re making and what you have available! Work down the other long side, the same way as the first one, until you reach the second short end.

Thank you for an informative Instructable. Well written and thoughtfully illustrated, I learned a lot. In the 18th century luxury metals and ivory largely replaced fabric, although embroidered buttons in designs to complement particular garments were popular. Pewter, the familiar metal of the age, was used to make molded or stamped-out buttons, but these were scorned by the wealthy. Cast brass buttons, particularly calamine brass, with ornamental and distinguishing designs, also became popular on both military and civilian dress.

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| HOW TO MAKE A BUTTON LOOP

Go into your fabric about 1” (2.5 cm) away from the short, square end of your buttonhole. Come up through the buttonhole, keeping a tail that’s about 2” (5 cm). Cut a length of thread that is the length of your bolster doubled plus 10”. So, if you are working with a 14” bolster as we were in our sample, you want a length of thread at least 38”. Grab the other free end of the thread and pull both together and straight up. You are aligning the two ends.