Despite the name self-cover buttons really don’t cover themselves. But in their favour they’re not difficult to make and they are a great way of using up left over pieces of pretty fabric. The small button with the leafy design was the tiniest piece of liberty fabric. You can really make good use of all your precious scraps and have something beautiful at the end of your sewing. But don’t just regard them just as a way of using up scraps as they can really add something to a sewing project giving it a coordinated and professional finish.
So, why not make some ? You don’t need extensive sewing skills or bucket loads of sewing supplies.
- For the last few days I’ve been working on some step by step instructions for covering the plastic variety of cover-buttons in sizes 18mm. 29mm and 38mm with actual sized templates. Having a pattern to hand can save a lot of time fiddling around creating your own… after all it’s better to be sewing than stressing or hunting templates you’re sure that you had once … somewhere.
- I like the plastic cover buttons as there are no issues with metal shining through the covering fabric… which can really spoil a look. They are light and lend themselves so all kind of other button related craftiness which I will share with you here another day… soon.
The instructions and patterns are now an instantly downloadable 10 page PDF with actual sized templates which you can print off and use time and time again so if you’d like to to get the tutorial and patterns just follow the link to the shop
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