To create buttons out of a vintage textile, purchase a button-covering kit (figure A). - Using the cardboard pattern provided, position the pattern over an area of embroidery that you like, trace around it (figure B) and cut it out.
- Using the same pattern, cut an underlining out of white cotton batiste or linen.
- With the embroidered circle on top of the underlining circle, run a line of basting stitches around the circle's perimeter, 1/8" from the edge (figure C).
- Draw up the thread around the button form and add the backing.
- Make the required number of buttons and sew them to the completed blouse.
RESOURCES :
Sew Vintage: New Creations from Found Fabrics
Model: 1561584452
Author: Jennie Archer Atwood
(April, 2002)
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The Taunton Press Inc.
Website: www.taunton.com
Threads Magazine
Kenneth King, editor
The Taunton Press Inc.
Website: www.taunton.com
The Sewing Workshop Pattern Collection
McCall's Pattern Company
New York, NY 10001
Toll-Free: 800-782-0323
E-mail: consumerservice@mccallpattern.com
Website: mccall.com
Due to seasonal changes and new designs, the exact McCall's brand pattern numbers seen on this show are often no longer available. Visit your local fabric store for similar patterns.
Brickhouse Antiques
Pastense
Source for vintage textiles: linens, laces, and buttons
Topeka, Kansas, 66606-1905
785-233-7107
GUESTS :
Jennie Archer Atwood
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