Gina-B Silkworks | How to Make a Dorset Birdseye (Bird's Eye) Button - 18th century thread shirt button tutorial @GinaBSilkworks | Uploaded April 2021 | Updated October 2024, 11 hours ago.
This video shows how to make a Dorset Birdseye button - a small textile button often found as shirt buttons during the 18th century. They are also known simply as "thread buttons". These buttons are traditionally considered the first ring button made in Dorset and the precursor to the famous Dorset wheel button.
This video will also show a couple of antique examples, and the actual making will be larger than originals and using coloured threads for clarity.
Tools materials and a comprehensive range of button making items can be found on our website at
ginabsilkworks.co.uk
This video shows how to make a Dorset Birdseye button - a small textile button often found as shirt buttons during the 18th century. They are also known simply as "thread buttons". These buttons are traditionally considered the first ring button made in Dorset and the precursor to the famous Dorset wheel button.
This video will also show a couple of antique examples, and the actual making will be larger than originals and using coloured threads for clarity.
Tools materials and a comprehensive range of button making items can be found on our website at
ginabsilkworks.co.uk
