sewing
Hand-sewing needles
Choose a hand-sewing type suited to your fabric and thread.
Compare: Check the type, size range and storage case.
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A button.
A thread.
A bright idea.
Make a small thing. Mend a favourite thing. Put that tin of buttons to good use. Simple ideas, useful guides and original printables for curious hands.
Start with what you own. Add what the project needs.
18 practical guides6 studio tools4 original printable packs
Choose your little beginning
What would you
like to do?
A first repair, a colour experiment or a gift with your handwriting on it. There is room for all three.
01 / Mend
Try a small repair →02 / Make
Make a button flower →03 / Explore
Explore embroidery →
Save a favourite.
A missing button is a manageable place to start.
Try a small repair →02 / MakeMake someone smile.
Turn a few spare buttons into an original greeting card.
Make a button flower →03 / ExploreFollow a line.
Try a little colour and thread on a spare piece of fabric.
Explore embroidery →The studio bench
Measure a button.
Meet your colours.
Convert button sizes, try a palette, find a small project, estimate a row of buttons and work out a materials budget.
Open the studio →From the guide shelf
A little more know-how.
Buttons
Measure a button without guesswork
Diameter is a useful starting measurement, but the underside still matters.
ButtonsTry fabric-covered buttons
Choose matching blanks and tools, then let the fabric supply the colour.
StorageMake a button tin useful again
Sort for the way you search, not for a perfect photograph.
Start hereChoose needle type before needle size
The numbers make more sense once you know the needle’s job.
ProjectsGive a handmade gift a clear brief
Start with the person and the purpose, then choose a small project.
Button cabinetA button can tell a small story
Look closely before assuming you know its material or age.
Original downloads / from £1.99
Print a plan.
Trace a possibility.
Button-art templates, a sewing and stash planner, mending records and an embroidery sampler. A4 and US Letter editions, plus a free three-page sample.
See the printable collections →
Find the right little supplies
Buy for the job.
buttons
Covered-button kits
Make a fabric-faced button using matching blanks and tools.
Compare: Check blank size, supplied tool and cutting template.
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Embroidery hoops
A support for suitable hand-embroidery work.
Compare: Check diameter, fastening and fabric compatibility.
Browse on Amazon ↗Ad · affiliate linkThe ButtonStudios way
Use what you have.
Try one small thing.
Keep what you learn.
For adult craft projects. Keep loose small parts and sharp tools away from young children and pets.