Uploaded August 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
-Welcome to my tutorial on how to make 18th century Dorset buttons! This video shows the techniques for both right AND left handed sewers.
0:00 Intro and History of Dorset Buttons
2:58 Materials
4:19 Left-Handed Tutorial
17:52 Right-Handed Tutorial
31:08 Finishing for Both Hands
Extant Sources:
-Loose Buttons, Henry's Buttons henrysbuttons.co.uk/original-dorset-buttons.html
-Nightgown, Kerry Taylor Auctions invaluable.com/auction-lot/a-rare-gentleman-s-nightshirt-and-nightcap,-18th-68-c-0c6dc4d791
-Men's Shirt, John Bright Collection thejohnbrightcollection.co.uk/costume/shirt
-Corset, Metropolitan Museum of Art metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/162898?searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&deptids=8&ft=corset&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=7
-Waistcoat, Historic Deerfield Collection http://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?museum=all&t=objects&type=all&f=&s=waistcoat&record=59
-Under Bodice, Amsterdam Museum https://hart.amsterdam/collectie/object/amcollect/29032
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Music is D. 960 - I. Molto moderato by Schubert, and Variations on an Original Theme, Op.21 No.1 by Brahms. Both works are licensed under a Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0 License.
-Welcome to my tutorial on how to make 18th century Dorset buttons! This video shows the techniques for both right AND left handed sewers.
0:00 Intro and History of Dorset Buttons
2:58 Materials
4:19 Left-Handed Tutorial
17:52 Right-Handed Tutorial
31:08 Finishing for Both Hands
Extant Sources:
-Loose Buttons, Henry's Buttons henrysbuttons.co.uk/original-dorset-buttons.html
-Nightgown, Kerry Taylor Auctions invaluable.com/auction-lot/a-rare-gentleman-s-nightshirt-and-nightcap,-18th-68-c-0c6dc4d791
-Men's Shirt, John Bright Collection thejohnbrightcollection.co.uk/costume/shirt
-Corset, Metropolitan Museum of Art metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/162898?searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&deptids=8&ft=corset&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=7
-Waistcoat, Historic Deerfield Collection http://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?museum=all&t=objects&type=all&f=&s=waistcoat&record=59
-Under Bodice, Amsterdam Museum https://hart.amsterdam/collectie/object/amcollect/29032
Find me on Instagram! instagram.com/miss.philomena
If you really enjoyed this video, please consider supporting me on Ko-Fi! ko-fi.com/missphilomena
Music is D. 960 - I. Molto moderato by Schubert, and Variations on an Original Theme, Op.21 No.1 by Brahms. Both works are licensed under a Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0 License.
