More Dorset Buttons

I have been playing with more Dorset Buttons. There were four rings in the packet so now I have finished all four. They will all get some felt & a brooch clip applied to the back & be sold on our sales table later in the year. With these two I have combined wrapping with needleweaving & In one some surface stitching.

I still have another packet of rings, that's another four buttons. Come back to see what I do with those.

Dorset Buttons

 

Last Monday I had the pleasure to be a part of a Dorset Button workshop with Judith Langdon. What a pleasurable day, & what a pleasure it was to be in Judith's class. I have wanted to make these little gems for some time. I could have figured them out for myself but by being in the class there were other hidden gems to nut out, which may not have happened if I had been on my own. I can be "that student" when I am in a class, asking all the hard & tricky questions, but this didn't phase Judith at all. We spent some memorable time together nutting out how to produce a high top version.

The top pic is my first ever Dorset button, while the one below is my second one. There will be more to come, including some experiments with making a high top version.