Yorkshire buttons

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 …

Bit of a departure here, but no apologies – my only brief for this year’s samples is to respond to anything that interests me. Preferably different to my other, “work” stitching. I firs came across Yorkshire buttons just the other week on Gina Ferrari’s blog Fan my Flame, where she’d finished a beautiful handmade coat with some. Being a Yorkshire lass though and through, I was ashamed I’d never heard of them. And obviously had to try making my own! Pretty, aren’t they? But more decorative…

Bit of a departure here, but no apologies – my only brief for this year’s samples is to respond to anything that interests me. Preferably ...

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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 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…

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...