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Tools of the Trade => The Haberdashery => Topic started by: toileandtrouble on December 02, 2018, 08:59:21 AM
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I have seen some buttons that sit in a metal 'dish'. the buttons can be exchanged for others of the same size. They used to appear on some of the old fashioned brands like Eastmoor. Does anyone know the proper name for that metal bit?
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Do you mean something like this (https://www.cntraveller.in/story/these-buttons-take-you-boardroom-bar-no-time/)? or these (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3okbTWkIrcs)?
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Thank you but no, the ones I saw are dish shaped with a slot at the back and the centre button with a shank sits inside. It is possible to remove the outer ring if the button is not sewn down.
I bought Sew magazine and it has an article on embroidered buttons, the metal ring is around the fabric but it does not mention where to get the kits. If i could buy the backer piece, I'd use cover buttons for the inside.
It also had 2 patterns, one for cape (!where have I just seen one?) the other for a princess seam dress with different cup sizes - sadly it was the one with smaller sizes.
If no one can help, I will write to the magazine, but I'm not as hopeful of help from them as I am from here! They seem to be associated with Simplicity, like Sewdirect.
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I can't help with what you're describing but it reminded me of some buttons I saw in John Lewis a few years ago. They would have been suitable for a coat I think. They consisted of a large button with a medium sized button on top and a small button on top of that. Each element was different and I think the smallest one had some sort of sparkle. They were commercially produced but I remember thinking they would be easy to copy.
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Are they something like the "Metal Ring With Shank" buttons shown here ? All Buttons (https://www.allbuttons.com.au/covered-button-range.html#/)
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@toileandtrouble
These things seem to be so obscure they are bound to be a bit cost prohibitive.
Have you considered buying large flat metal buttons - with no shank - and just drilling between the 2 or 4 holes to open them up for an additional shank?