New thing I just learned: If you're making something in white linen (such as a washable summer waistcoat) it's advisable to use bone button moulds because wooden ones could cause staining on the fabric when you wash them.
I appreciate having your informative, inspirational, and soothing videos in thw morning when im feeeing my daughter. Your voice and music choices are always delightful. Thank you for your ad locations in your videos as well.
Thanks Vincent! Your thoroughness and attention to detail is very much appreciated. Your RUclips page has become my top resource for gaining 18th century sewing wisdom! Thanks for sharing your talent and skill.
Thank you! If you want more resources I have a post with a lot of links! I keep meaning to reorganize/update it and make a proper blogspot post out of it, but it's an intimidatingly large task. vinceaddams.tumblr.com/post/186970565023/op-got-any-advice-on-finding-sources-for-18th-c
@@vincentbriggs1780 Yep! :) And the best thing: In three weeks I'm going to give a workshop for a sustainable fashion week in my city, and I chose "Sustainable clothing from the Midages until today" as my topic. I want to present practises that people used historically that we can adapt for modern fashion in order to waste less. These buttons are perfect for this topic. I'm going to sew a little practise piece with the participants and can show this to them.
I love your videos and rewatch them occasionally (like tonight). Your commentary is both informative and funny, and your skill levels are so lovely to watch! I appreciate too how accessible you make your videos from captions to alternative ideas for how to make projects work. Thank you for sharing with us and I can’t wait to see what you do next ❤
I discovered how to make my own buttons last year during lock down. I have been using up the ugly plastic buttons that people have donated to me over the years. It's great to finally be able to give them a new life. Loved seeing your waistcoat button display. Really gorgeous work.
Thank you so much for this video! I love that you gave so many different exemples and techniques, i feel like can do it now! I making buttons for a regency waistcoat, it's my first time sewing it all by hand :D
I needed this video awhile back, but didn’t know it existed. While I have finished the garment I was making, I will make some more covered buttons in this way, in case they are needed in the future. Thank you!
Thank you for this information. I’ve got an eighteenth century men’s jacket to make and this video really helped me to understand how to make the buttons. Plus, very relaxing to watch as always. Thanks!
Im def gonna do this from now on! I use the modern covered button kits and my buttons keep coming undone >:0 also i always need a friend to smash the buttons for me because i have weak arms. Thanks for the tutorial!
Have you tried that trick where you use a couple of toothpicks or something similar in between the button and the fabric to get a uniform distance and tension for the shank? It can be a little fiddly to sew around the toothpicks but it has always worked well for me. Anyway, I really love your videos and hope to see more.
Thank you! Very helpful. I had made my first cloth buttons and couldn't figure out the fraying issue (I didn't know to turn under the SA). I love cloth buttons.
Excellent tutorial. I need to make some buttons for a project I’m working on and this video is making it easy and stress free. Thank you for this and Cheers🤘
I used some Fabricland cheap plastic buttons with good results during lockdown and was pretty happy with the results but your method will work better next time. I was lucky enough that the acrylic(?) I was using was quite happy to felt with a toothpick to finish the backs where I was a little messy. I am curious where you get your linen thread though, definitely haven't seen it in any stores around here.
Unfortunately I can't suggest any sources for the specific heavy linen I'm using here, but I can tell you it's fairly old and is from my mother's weaving supply stash, so looking for linen weaving yarn might turn something up. It's not as tightly twisted as is ideal for hand sewing, but still holds up well, for the most part. The only thing I've had a problem with is sewing buttons onto pants, as they get a lot of heavy wear and tend to come off after a while.
@@osvaldorangel833 They are sometimes useful for folding over the allowance for a flat felled seam, or turning points right side out, but unfortunately I need to keep 3 of them short to most effectively use a thimble. I've had them long for over a decade now, but had to trim those 3 in 2018 when I learned to use a thimble.
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New thing I just learned: If you're making something in white linen (such as a washable summer waistcoat) it's advisable to use bone button moulds because wooden ones could cause staining on the fabric when you wash them.
I appreciate having your informative, inspirational, and soothing videos in thw morning when im feeeing my daughter. Your voice and music choices are always delightful. Thank you for your ad locations in your videos as well.
Thanks Vincent! Your thoroughness and attention to detail is very much appreciated. Your RUclips page has become my top resource for gaining 18th century sewing wisdom! Thanks for sharing your talent and skill.
Thank you! If you want more resources I have a post with a lot of links! I keep meaning to reorganize/update it and make a proper blogspot post out of it, but it's an intimidatingly large task.
vinceaddams.tumblr.com/post/186970565023/op-got-any-advice-on-finding-sources-for-18th-c
That's so usefull for making something neat out of all the old, ugly plastic buttons I have!
Wonderful! Matching buttons for your garments at no extra cost!
@@vincentbriggs1780 Yep! :)
And the best thing: In three weeks I'm going to give a workshop for a sustainable fashion week in my city, and I chose "Sustainable clothing from the Midages until today" as my topic.
I want to present practises that people used historically that we can adapt for modern fashion in order to waste less.
These buttons are perfect for this topic. I'm going to sew a little practise piece with the participants and can show this to them.
Well, I know what I'm going to be doing with those butt-ugly plastic buttons I've got hanging around. Very interesting and thorough tutorial.
I love your videos and rewatch them occasionally (like tonight).
Your commentary is both informative and funny, and your skill levels are so lovely to watch! I appreciate too how accessible you make your videos from captions to alternative ideas for how to make projects work. Thank you for sharing with us and I can’t wait to see what you do next ❤
I find your instructional videos very soothing. Our cats love them with the accompanying piano music.
As always, calm and yet thorough content. Such a pleasure to watch.
You made it look much easier than I had cooked it up to be in my mind! Looks much more approachable and doable after you explained it. Thanks!
Hooray, I am glad! I want things to be as clear and easy to follow as I can possibly make them!
I discovered how to make my own buttons last year during lock down. I have been using up the ugly plastic buttons that people have donated to me over the years. It's great to finally be able to give them a new life. Loved seeing your waistcoat button display. Really gorgeous work.
If "god is in the details", than you must be an angel!
So talented!
So concise and clear. What a fantastic resource you are! I'm so glad I discovered your channel.
awesome video, i just found a huge bag of old fabric scraps in my basement and now i know exactly what to do with them!
Thank you so much for this video! I love that you gave so many different exemples and techniques, i feel like can do it now! I making buttons for a regency waistcoat, it's my first time sewing it all by hand :D
This is very gratifying for my OCD with the back of the first button making a pinwheel.
i love watching your videos while i craft, your voice and the music are so relaxing!
This seems so much nicer than the metal kits you get at the fabric store!
Yes! I've only used those sort a couple times, but found them troublesome and prone to coming apart.
Very nice tutorial! Your work is clear, concise and results in a splendid finished project. Thank you for sharing
Possibly a modern solution against fraying. Fray Check from Prym, is widely used by appliqué quilters. Greetings Herma
An exceptional tutorial. I appreciate it. Thank you, Vince!
I needed this video awhile back, but didn’t know it existed. While I have finished the garment I was making, I will make some more covered buttons in this way, in case they are needed in the future. Thank you!
So good to come across this! It's perfect for an embroidered blazer I'm working on. This will really add a refined touch to it
Thank you for the reminder about pliers. My hands need help
Mine too, things can be so bulky and the needle just does not want to go through sometimes. Everyone should have pliers in their sewing kit!
Another very fine video! Thank you, Vincent. So clear. Interestingly, elegantly presented.
Thank you for this information. I’ve got an eighteenth century men’s jacket to make and this video really helped me to understand how to make the buttons. Plus, very relaxing to watch as always. Thanks!
Im def gonna do this from now on! I use the modern covered button kits and my buttons keep coming undone >:0 also i always need a friend to smash the buttons for me because i have weak arms. Thanks for the tutorial!
Thank you. Economic and beautiful button solution. I will be using this video often. God Bless you for sharing so generously.
Have you tried that trick where you use a couple of toothpicks or something similar in between the button and the fabric to get a uniform distance and tension for the shank? It can be a little fiddly to sew around the toothpicks but it has always worked well for me. Anyway, I really love your videos and hope to see more.
Yes! I do that sometimes for buttons with holes in them, but I think it'd be a bit tricky with this sort of button. And thank you!
Excellent tutorial.
Thank you for teaching this. Love learning new things having to do with my craft
You can use a match between the button and the garment, to get even threadlength/space between them.
Such a lovely calm video as usual!! I always love seeing your neat neat wee stitches 🤗 thank you
I really love your videos, this one included. It's so fun and relaxing watching you work.
Thank you! Very helpful. I had made my first cloth buttons and couldn't figure out the fraying issue (I didn't know to turn under the SA). I love cloth buttons.
Excellent tutorial. I need to make some buttons for a project I’m working on and this video is making it easy and stress free. Thank you for this and Cheers🤘
I used some Fabricland cheap plastic buttons with good results during lockdown and was pretty happy with the results but your method will work better next time. I was lucky enough that the acrylic(?) I was using was quite happy to felt with a toothpick to finish the backs where I was a little messy. I am curious where you get your linen thread though, definitely haven't seen it in any stores around here.
Unfortunately I can't suggest any sources for the specific heavy linen I'm using here, but I can tell you it's fairly old and is from my mother's weaving supply stash, so looking for linen weaving yarn might turn something up. It's not as tightly twisted as is ideal for hand sewing, but still holds up well, for the most part. The only thing I've had a problem with is sewing buttons onto pants, as they get a lot of heavy wear and tend to come off after a while.
Why not seen your videos before 🤔🥰
Love that. Thank you!
I dream of making all these things. Now I need to get off my arse and do it!
Lovely❤
Thank you ❤
Very relaxing video :)
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Cool 😀
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I love all your videos but why do u have such long nails…? it’s just a question I don’t mean to offend u
Because I like them.
ohhhhh I thought they were to like help u sew or something lol. when I sew I usually let my left hand have a bigger nail then my right
@@osvaldorangel833 They are sometimes useful for folding over the allowance for a flat felled seam, or turning points right side out, but unfortunately I need to keep 3 of them short to most effectively use a thimble. I've had them long for over a decade now, but had to trim those 3 in 2018 when I learned to use a thimble.
@@vincentbriggs1780 oh. im sorry u had to do that