Category: FABRIC & PASSEMENTERIE

This button is covered with black woollen fabric and has some stitchery in the middle.  The back is completely covered with fabric so has no shank as such.  It has been very well made and I think it may be quite old.

My friend found these fabric covered buttons in an opp shop in England recently.

The mauve and white one has the back covered with material which is a little unusual.  The brown and mustard one has a tin back and wire shank.  It is fun to have buttons from opp shops in another country.

This domed button has thread and braid in a chocolate brown colour wrapped around a mould and topped with beading.

It is very dressy and would grace any appropriate outfit.  It is a more modern button with a plastic back and shank.

Here is another button with braid wrapped around a mould (probably wooden) in a star like pattern.  It would have been a time consuming task.  It is very effective and may have been worn on a fur coat.

I made this button in 2007 on an antique piece of button covering equipment.  It belonged to Kate Boulton who owned the button shop Buttonmania in Melbourne at the time.

It is a piece of hand dyed material and was just a fun thing to do.  It is quite large at 4 cm.

I guess this old button would have a wooden mould inside the crocheted outer.  It does not have a shank as such and can just be sewn onto a garment through the crochet stitches on the back.  At 3  1/2cm it is quite large.

Here we have three modern braided buttons.

The red and navy ones are the same with a matching plastic disc in the centre.  The black one has a velvet centre surrounded by a brass rim.  They all have  a black plastic back with the markings LPC 45 and measure just under 3 cm.

These fabric covered buttons were bought in Japan in 2016 by my friend Carole.

They are nice and bright and I guess they are Japanese fabric.  It is always nice to receive buttons from friends who have been overseas.

Here are some more new buttons from Jimmy Buttons shop in Fitzroy.

They are beaded in black on black material and look quite nice.  I wonder where they were made and by whom.  ( a lot of hand sewing)

My friend Di bought these Fabric covered buttons recently for me at a market.

They are of Japanese fabric and are currently being made.  The colours are nice and bright and cheery.