Yesterday I had the pleasure of running a workshop at a local craft group on how to make a Dorset button. This was the first time I had done this and I am pleased to say it was a good experience. The craft group ladies were lovely and very welcoming and they did extremely well at learning a new craft.
I started making Dorset buttons about two years ago after seeing an advert in a craft magazine for kits from Beaker Buttons. I thought they looked interesting, so I ordered a kit, made a button and was hooked. There are so many ways to adapt and use them that it is addictive to keep trying new ideas. I made some into necklaces, earrings and brooches and gave them as presents to friends. They are a great craft to do as I don't need much equipment to make them, so can easily be carried around with me to do, I can sit and do them while watching TV (have to be do something while the TV is on, can't just sit and watch!) and there are a variety of patterns and colours to do so I don't get bored and there are challenges of finding new ways to adapt the basic pattern. That being said, I actually haven't done any for a while (my butterfly mind moving on to other things!) but it was great to come back to them to prepare for the workshop and now I'm hooked again!
Here is a selection of some of the ones I have made.
