I love the technical jargon in this project. "The most sticky out bits" and "squidge" are such a wonderful contrast to the 308 utterly precise French knots that my needlework teacher insisted on in my formative years...
This looks like a lovely way to use up remaining fabric scraps from bigger projects! Lovely, thank you very much. (Also I wanted to thank you for the channel overall, I've had the best august ever making cord/yarn out of nettles since discovering your videos!)
@jasminv8653 - If you make a batch of them, but don't need to use them as such quite yet, you could use them as decorative fabric beads on garments or strung as fabric beads on a neck cord.
@jillatherton4660 - I so agree. The simplicity and cleverness of Medieval garments makes them so very elegant. Forget brocaded skirts and fancy stitched ruffs!
Mess in the background, stays in the background ;) (sides which, that’s not THAT much of a mess….nothing on mine lol) Thanks so much for the video Sally. I’m one of those people who hand dyed with lichens when I was about 12 maybe? Learned to spin a few years after , and had a go at tapestry weaving using a home made frame loom around the same time. I also tablet weave, knit, sew, crochet and tat, and have done a little Armenian needle lace as well as english needle lace. For many years I gathered windfall apples from abandoned orchards in my area and made jelly with them (all gone now, the sites have been bulldozed and built on mores the pity) I’ve also gotten into silversmithing and wire work….in other words, I’ve never met a craft I didn’t like or have a go at at varying levels of skill, or lack thereof lol, and I love the way you show all kinds of things, how our ancestors didn’t let a lack of fancy tools stop em(right now my niddy noddy is cardboard, and I spin on a spindle) and just how achievable so much of this is for anyone
using a square piece of fabric instead of round and stuffing is genius! How long was this style of 'bobble button' common? I am struggling with Dorset buttons currently.
Ah, this was so good!! Fascinating AND of practical use even in this modern age, really well explained! Thank you and I hope you have a wonderful time in the year 1412, haha!
Thank you for the video. I suppose cloth buttons would be a lot easier to make yourself than a wooden button? At least judging by the speed at which you were able to whip one up. Especially when you use scraps of cloth saved from various projects it seems very efficient.
Genius! These would look great on modern garments, too, and no more buying those little metal buttons you cover with fabric, that never snaps on evenly (for me, at least!). You could even make different shapes, with a little experimentation. Wonderful!
I was looking for plastic free buttons that go in the washing machine (Metal is good but it can be expensive and I like to have a variety of options) and these are perfect! I followed a different tutorial before coming here but I'll have to try this one too, it looks even simpler than the first. I messed up the first button I made but it still came out very strong. I bet I could use a fabric with a pattern and make a really fun button! Thank you!
I do them nearly the same way, but I use circles, I stich further out towards the edge, and I make TWO rounds of circle stitching before i sow into the 'most sticky out bits'. I'll show you mine tomorrow. I most often use silk as thread for strength.
This is so impressive how much thoughts and effort is put in every piece of clothing and the outcome is so pretty. Hope you had fun in the year 1412. Looking forward for more footage from this special place.
This is more or less how to, if you are the crocheter/knitter in your family and people come asking if you can make their small children hats with giant faux fur pom poms for reasons unknown to you, how to make a giant faux fur pom pom. Just keep going for the sticky outty bits. ^_^ Hope you have/did have a lovely time!
This is wonderful! Thank you!! Homeschool mum here. We are reading through historical books, and I am hoping to get my kids to sew/ make historical items (clothing, weapons-boys😉). I thought the girls could make the various period clothing for their dolls. This gives it an authentic touch. Thank you so much!!♥️
thanks for the lesson on button making I am going to start making them soon. I didn't notice you making a knot at the end of the button after you wrapped the thread around the 'shank' of the button followed by two more stitches. and will you have a lesson on button hole making? My mind will have something with which to entertain itself while I unpack boxes.
Fantastic tutorial, clearly and accessibly explained, as always, thank you! If you have a moment, could we hear a bit about the apron you were wearing with the full outfit at the end? I've been trying to reconstruct something similar from manuscript evidence to go with my 14th c. kit (I MUST stop wiping muddy/sooty hands on my smock!), but I haven't yet settled on the actual garment dimensions, etc. :)
Hi! For a strudier button did the ancestors cover with cloth a small hard object like a flat rounded river or lake stones, or mussel shells, or pieces of antler, or bits of wood? I've seen the carved bits of antler, ivory, and wood used directly as buttons.
I wish I could come by and say hi, but it's 2 1/2 hours each way. It's a really cool place, I went there maybe 10 years ago or so. But maybe you even already went home again.
I had to take a dog out so I missed a bit of the end. Is there a link to show us how you made the buttonholes? Is it just a slit and teeny tiny blanket stitch to seal the raw edges? I’m a fan of button loops for little round buttons but that evidently isn’t historically accurate. Also the button holes will provide a little overlap, keeping wrists warmer. Jan
i want to know more about actual 14th century examples and how we know that this is the technique that was used. it's fascinating to me when ancient garments are found in good enough condition that we can see how they dealt with things like closures and practical concerns of fit and utility as well as decoration. i made viking garb for a play once using a book about a dig at a place called Thjorsberg. i work in theater so i'm not going to hand sew unless i have to but getting details like this right is sometimes helpful for the overall look.
Beautiful, as always. Thank you. When did buttons start taking the place of lacings? I would love to see your buttonholes. So much time goes into a truly handmade garment - I can’t imagine the distress of soiling, tearing, or (heaven forbid) losing a button! The care taken of ‘real’ clothing must have been something. My husband has oil paint (and holes) on everything he wears. I would be a shrew of wifely seamstress!
Oh my goodness, what a magical experience! I hope you have a wonderful time! Great tutorial too - not just the how-to, but the fact that in all my years of sewing, that's the first time anyone has pointed out the obvious-now-you-mention-it trick for spacing buttons out.
My sewing friends in the SCA (medieval organization) would probably love to do this. Do you have any other links to source materials we could look up? I'm way over here in the Seattle region, so we just don't know which museums to look at for these things over there, and search engines aren't always reliable for finding the contents of smaller museums online, unless we happen to get lucky. (Most of what I tend to find is How To stuff, not source materials for actual examples.)
Oh, there's loads. You could contact the SCA members of Nordmark and Aarnimetsä (ie. Sweden and Finland). They know what's it about and they'd love to help out. I haven't been active in the organisation for close to 18yrs, so I'm out of touch on exactly _who_ to contact. Pennsic and Estrella used to be favourite events to visit in the US, and if you have the possibility to travel to Europe I'd recommend the Double Wars. (Just check on them first - as I said I haven't been active in years. That there is activity I know; this is apparently how Nordmark spent the height of the pandemic ruclips.net/video/kh-i7-UFotc/видео.html )
Depends whether you want it based on extant garments or not. I'm not aware of any medieval examples made that way, but for a more modern interpretation anything goes.
Thank you Sally. That's going to make things easier when I make my london hood pattern ready for winter. Loved the complete outfit. That Danish museum looks fun and interesting. Hope you have a great time.
I just found this channel and I absolutely adore it. Your hobbies and sheer joy of reveling in their making sing to my heart and inspire. Thank you for these!! Time to go bingeing through hedge-bothering vids- I found my first stalk of stinging nettles yesterday! They bit my hand but now I've got plans to get them back for it by making them thread~!
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I love the technical jargon in this project. "The most sticky out bits" and "squidge" are such a wonderful contrast to the 308 utterly precise French knots that my needlework teacher insisted on in my formative years...
Technical jargon is very important ;)
The authentic term would be ‘ye olde styykyye outte byyts’ 😂
This looks like a lovely way to use up remaining fabric scraps from bigger projects! Lovely, thank you very much. (Also I wanted to thank you for the channel overall, I've had the best august ever making cord/yarn out of nettles since discovering your videos!)
Really pleased you are finding it useful :)
@jasminv8653 - If you make a batch of them, but don't need to use them as such quite yet, you could use them as decorative fabric beads on garments or strung as fabric beads on a neck cord.
Love those sticky-out bits!!! Squidge is a great Anglo Saxon word, too! hah! I hope you have fun in Denmark--make us a video!
'Primitive' stuff, always elegant and clever, from bows and arrows to baskets and nets, and buttons of course, TY Sally. 5* channel.
@jillatherton4660 - I so agree. The simplicity and cleverness of Medieval garments makes them so very elegant. Forget brocaded skirts and fancy stitched ruffs!
I was just thinking/wondering what I could use instead of a modern button and came across your video. Thank you. The possibilities are endless!
THANK YOU! I am currently working on the London Hood pattern by Opus Elenae. Seeing the buttons made is just great.
Got my pattern ready to go :)
Mess in the background, stays in the background ;) (sides which, that’s not THAT much of a mess….nothing on mine lol) Thanks so much for the video Sally. I’m one of those people who hand dyed with lichens when I was about 12 maybe? Learned to spin a few years after , and had a go at tapestry weaving using a home made frame loom around the same time. I also tablet weave, knit, sew, crochet and tat, and have done a little Armenian needle lace as well as english needle lace. For many years I gathered windfall apples from abandoned orchards in my area and made jelly with them (all gone now, the sites have been bulldozed and built on mores the pity) I’ve also gotten into silversmithing and wire work….in other words, I’ve never met a craft I didn’t like or have a go at at varying levels of skill, or lack thereof lol, and I love the way you show all kinds of things, how our ancestors didn’t let a lack of fancy tools stop em(right now my niddy noddy is cardboard, and I spin on a spindle) and just how achievable so much of this is for anyone
Thank you so much for the lesson! So simple and elegant.
What mess??? Love your videos, even if I never get to doing stuff 😊
What lovely and yet simple buttons! Thank you so much. You have a lovely way of teaching. The students you are with are lucky to have you!
Your clothing is so beautifully done, it is simply beautiful!
using a square piece of fabric instead of round and stuffing is genius! How long was this style of 'bobble button' common? I am struggling with Dorset buttons currently.
Thank you for this video Sally! Also working on a medieval hood project with Opus Elenae as a group sew along and this will be so helpful!
Ah, this was so good!! Fascinating AND of practical use even in this modern age, really well explained! Thank you and I hope you have a wonderful time in the year 1412, haha!
Thank you for the video. I suppose cloth buttons would be a lot easier to make yourself than a wooden button? At least judging by the speed at which you were able to whip one up. Especially when you use scraps of cloth saved from various projects it seems very efficient.
Probably more durable when washing too.
Genius! These would look great on modern garments, too, and no more buying those little metal buttons you cover with fabric, that never snaps on evenly (for me, at least!). You could even make different shapes, with a little experimentation. Wonderful!
Oohhh, I can just imagine a bit of felt where you felt the button into shape afterwards!! Hehehe!
@@saphirestarr9952 One would look so cute on top of a beret!
Thank you very much. This will definitely help for my mid 14th C. Cotehardie
Am enjoying all your content and especially looking forward to the arrival of your book on cosmetics and perfumes. Thank You so much
I love your energy!!!! And big thanks for the tutorial!
I cant find buttons at walmart and im not buying bulk lmao, ty for the simple lesson
I was looking for plastic free buttons that go in the washing machine (Metal is good but it can be expensive and I like to have a variety of options) and these are perfect! I followed a different tutorial before coming here but I'll have to try this one too, it looks even simpler than the first. I messed up the first button I made but it still came out very strong. I bet I could use a fabric with a pattern and make a really fun button! Thank you!
i always look forward to your videos, especially to learn fun new skills
😍😍😍 Wonderful tutorial...Love it
Thank you for this video and for your amazing explanation. :) I´ve found it really helpful as I try to make a kirtle for my first medieval con. :)
Beautiful medieval gown with exquisite little buttons !
Beautifully magical mediaeval! Curviest square iv seen!
I do them nearly the same way, but I use circles, I stich further out towards the edge, and I make TWO rounds of circle stitching before i sow into the 'most sticky out bits'. I'll show you mine tomorrow. I most often use silk as thread for strength.
spectacular. goodwife, thank you for showing up how you do it.
New subscriber. Loving this stuff. Great hood.
It's like a Suffolk puff/yo-yo! So cute. TFS!
This was one of the funnest videos on sewing an item. Thank you!
Simple, practical, always matching the garment and easy to follow along at home. Thank you
This is so impressive how much thoughts and effort is put in every piece of clothing and the outcome is so pretty. Hope you had fun in the year 1412. Looking forward for more footage from this special place.
Every single one of your videos brings a smile to my face 🙂 thank you
This is more or less how to, if you are the crocheter/knitter in your family and people come asking if you can make their small children hats with giant faux fur pom poms for reasons unknown to you, how to make a giant faux fur pom pom. Just keep going for the sticky outty bits. ^_^
Hope you have/did have a lovely time!
simple and wonderful. Thank you
Lovely! You make me want to make another hood with buttons, just because of this video. And the setting in Denmark is gorgeous!
Beautiful transformation! Hugs
These look so good and You have given me an Idea for a Project
Thank You For The Tip On Placing The Buttons Evenly 🌸
This is wonderful! Thank you!! Homeschool mum here. We are reading through historical books, and I am hoping to get my kids to sew/ make historical items (clothing, weapons-boys😉). I thought the girls could make the various period clothing for their dolls. This gives it an authentic touch. Thank you so much!!♥️
thanks for the lesson on button making I am going to start making them soon. I didn't notice you making a knot at the end of the button after you wrapped the thread around the 'shank' of the button followed by two more stitches. and will you have a lesson on button hole making? My mind will have something with which to entertain itself while I unpack boxes.
Two or three little stitches at the end is as good as a knot, as long as it won't wriggle free it's all ok
@@SallyPointer thanks, you can probably tell I'm an inexperienced stitcher....I did not know that.
I really love your videos. They are safe journeys to the past.
Thank you so much Sally...Your lessons feel like glory days from the past .
Fantastic tutorial, clearly and accessibly explained, as always, thank you!
If you have a moment, could we hear a bit about the apron you were wearing with the full outfit at the end? I've been trying to reconstruct something similar from manuscript evidence to go with my 14th c. kit (I MUST stop wiping muddy/sooty hands on my smock!), but I haven't yet settled on the actual garment dimensions, etc. :)
Sure, I could use a spare, I'll do a quick tutorial when I get a chance
Oh my, what delight!!
Hi!
For a strudier button did the ancestors cover with cloth a small hard object like a flat rounded river or lake stones, or mussel shells, or pieces of antler, or bits of wood?
I've seen the carved bits of antler, ivory, and wood used directly as buttons.
The medieval cloth buttons I've seen have all been just the cloth
Thanks for showing how to. No filling needed. But you said:"Now I need to make all of the buttonholes" and POOF no buttonhole making shown. 😢
They are really simple, just two rows of buttonhole stitch. I'll try and do a video on those sometime soon
Amazing stuff 👏
I wish I could come by and say hi, but it's 2 1/2 hours each way. It's a really cool place, I went there maybe 10 years ago or so. But maybe you even already went home again.
Still here for another two weeks!
I had to take a dog out so I missed a bit of the end. Is there a link to show us how you made the buttonholes? Is it just a slit and teeny tiny blanket stitch to seal the raw edges?
I’m a fan of button loops for little round buttons but that evidently isn’t historically accurate. Also the button holes will provide a little overlap, keeping wrists warmer.
Jan
That's right, I'll do another video sometime but they are really simple to do
i want to know more about actual 14th century examples and how we know that this is the technique that was used. it's fascinating to me when ancient garments are found in good enough condition that we can see how they dealt with things like closures and practical concerns of fit and utility as well as decoration. i made viking garb for a play once using a book about a dig at a place called Thjorsberg. i work in theater so i'm not going to hand sew unless i have to but getting details like this right is sometimes helpful for the overall look.
Have a look at the fragments from medieval London for starters, there's some good examples held at the MoL
Love your dress
great art work
Beautiful, as always. Thank you. When did buttons start taking the place of lacings? I would love to see your buttonholes. So much time goes into a truly handmade garment - I can’t imagine the distress of soiling, tearing, or (heaven forbid) losing a button! The care taken of ‘real’ clothing must have been something. My husband has oil paint (and holes) on everything he wears. I would be a shrew of wifely seamstress!
I knowticed when you ended you didnt put a knot in. To keep the thread from coming out? How come?
Several small stitches is as stable as a knot
0:43 That blue! Wow!
Thank you Sally, this will be very useful. I may try making button loops instead of button holes though
Loops are a lot easier than button holes, for my blanket-stitch impaired fingers!
Fabulous!
Lovely
Wonderful outfit
How do you think the sewing needles would have been made in those times ?
There's both drilled eye and split eye types known
How do you size your button holes for these?
I usually cut slightly smaller than I think on the first one and try it before doing the rest
Did you already do a video on making button holes?
Not yet!I'll do another video sometime but they are really simple to do
It brought me great joy to find your latest vid after opening RUclips.
Nice little demo.
Oh my goodness, what a magical experience! I hope you have a wonderful time! Great tutorial too - not just the how-to, but the fact that in all my years of sewing, that's the first time anyone has pointed out the obvious-now-you-mention-it trick for spacing buttons out.
My sewing friends in the SCA (medieval organization) would probably love to do this. Do you have any other links to source materials we could look up? I'm way over here in the Seattle region, so we just don't know which museums to look at for these things over there, and search engines aren't always reliable for finding the contents of smaller museums online, unless we happen to get lucky. (Most of what I tend to find is How To stuff, not source materials for actual examples.)
Oh, there's loads. You could contact the SCA members of Nordmark and Aarnimetsä (ie. Sweden and Finland). They know what's it about and they'd love to help out. I haven't been active in the organisation for close to 18yrs, so I'm out of touch on exactly _who_ to contact. Pennsic and Estrella used to be favourite events to visit in the US, and if you have the possibility to travel to Europe I'd recommend the Double Wars. (Just check on them first - as I said I haven't been active in years. That there is activity I know; this is apparently how Nordmark spent the height of the pandemic ruclips.net/video/kh-i7-UFotc/видео.html )
how do you do the button hole?
Just standard button hole stitches
Absolutely wonderful!!
I've a liripipe needing buttons, I'd prefer to hand-braid button loops rather than cut button holes. Is this anathema?
Depends whether you want it based on extant garments or not. I'm not aware of any medieval examples made that way, but for a more modern interpretation anything goes.
@@SallyPointer Trying to be historically informed.
I love your medieval clothes. Hope to see more of the Middelaltercentre. Is it like an open-air-museum?
It is indeed
I remember watching a Jack Hargreaves, Out of Town episode where spent time wit a woman making cloth buttons. Thanks for the 'how to'
People told me buttons didn’t exist until the 19the century. Guess they dumb.
We have conical perforated buttons from the early bronze age, they aren't a new idea!
@@SallyPointer yeah they are a great idea so I see humanity inventing it sooner. It’s like ice cream
*****
Wonderful video! Enjoy your visit to the 1400s. Wish I was there with you. Watching from New Jersey USA.
Thank you Sally. That's going to make things easier when I make my london hood pattern ready for winter. Loved the complete outfit.
That Danish museum looks fun and interesting. Hope you have a great time.
So pretty and simple with the potential for elaborate decorations over the top from gold work, embroidery couple of bullion roses or a daisy.
I love the mess in the background. I love the dress.
Thank you so much for showing how to make these. Definitely going to give it a go 😊
I call them self-buttons.
This is one of those projects that is best worked on the bus on the way to work.
This channel is a true goldmine
Wow…just fabulous!! And so clever :)
Sooo interesting...thanks for sharing...have fun !!! 🙂
You are wonderful Sally Pointer!
Well now I know how to make Medieval Cloth Buttons !
Is that how Dane women would have dressed in the early 1400s? Is that both summer and winter garb?
Yes, more layers in the winter, but the basic shapes are the same all year round
Please could you tell me, are the buttonholes loops of material or slits with stitching around?
Slits with stitching, though Medieval buttonholes don't stitch right round the ends of the slit, just along the flat sides
Wonderful outfit! Enjoy!
Lovely work. Thanks Sally.
Love the buttons! I'd also love to make a dress like that; is there a tutorial you could recommend?
It's broadly based on the cut of the extant dresses from Herjolfnes
So beautiful great for decorating too
what a wonderful colour :)
How did you do the buttonholes? Was it an actual hole or a loop that the buttons fastened into?
It's a slot with buttonhole stitch, nothing fancy
Could they needle felt buttons if they chose?
No, needle felting is a very modern variation, I think the first needlepunch patent is in the 1850s
I love your outfit!
Looks very good!
Sally you always are an inspiration.
Thank you!
I just found this channel and I absolutely adore it. Your hobbies and sheer joy of reveling in their making sing to my heart and inspire. Thank you for these!! Time to go bingeing through hedge-bothering vids- I found my first stalk of stinging nettles yesterday! They bit my hand but now I've got plans to get them back for it by making them thread~!
Archaeology and sewing...my two almost most favourite things ever! (Second only to family 😍) Thanks for sharing, it never gets old!