Dorset buttons

I love Dorset Buttons. I love their history. I love their charm. I love their versatility. I just love Dorset buttons! And I love what creative people are doing with Dorset buttons these days. So, when Anita sent in photos of her latest adventures in Dorset-buttonry (I don’t really think that “buttonry” is a word, ...

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I had an interesting Facebook exchange with someone yesterday regarding some new thread buttons I've been teaching myself to make. These...

Dorset buttons are thread covered buttons, created with embroidery stitches. Learn how to make dorset buttons in our step-by-step tutorial.

Join Kate Larson as she shares some of the history of Dorset buttons and guides you through making several button styles in our new course, How to Make Dorset Buttons.

Dorset Buttons,

I collect buttons! And who doesn’t love buttons? They are useful and pretty and have served for art inspiration over the years. And my parents generation played the game “Button, button, who’s got the button?” growing up. I have some of my Grandmother’s buttons as well as my Mother’s in my button co

The craft of making Dorset Buttons evolved in response to the fashions of 17th century England. Entire villages and families were involved in process. Nowadays Dorset Buttons are decorative, rather than utilitarian items. They can be attractive in their own right and used by historic reenactors for their costumes or by needle crafters to use