{"id":2895,"date":"2022-07-13T23:34:02","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T23:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anwgconference2023.com\/?page_id=2895"},"modified":"2023-05-05T07:03:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T15:03:04","slug":"dorset-buttons-a-heritage-craft","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/dorset-buttons-a-heritage-craft\/","title":{"rendered":"Dorset Buttons: A Heritage Craft (Virtual)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"463\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Chartreuse-Dorset-Button.jpg?resize=463%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Chartreuse-Dorset-Button.jpg?w=463&amp;ssl=1 463w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Chartreuse-Dorset-Button.jpg?resize=300%2C259&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Learn to make colorful, whimsical buttons \u2013 for jewelry, surface decoration or fasteners for your handmade garments \u2013 using only curtain rings, a tapestry needle, yarn, and beads. Based on 19th-century techniques from Dorset, England, these buttons are easy to create and customize to match your own fiber creations. To make your own buttons for a current weaving, felting, or knitting project, bring along your project and yarns. No prior experience needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leader:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/\/denise-kovnat\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2891\">Denise Kovnat<\/a><br><strong>Duration:<\/strong>&nbsp;3 hours<br><strong>Level:<\/strong>&nbsp;Beginners to Advanced<br><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Student supplies to bring:<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2\u201d diameter plastic or wooden curtain rings (available in packs of 5 from amazon.com) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tapestry needle (size 18 or larger, large enough for threading yarn)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Beading needle or dental-floss threader (for threading beads as small as size 8 seed beads)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your own yarn for buttons\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cotton yarn: 3\/2, 5\/2, 8\/2 or 10\/2 grist <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sock yarn or fingering-weight wool yarn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Beads for decorating the rim and the inside circle of the button<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Embroidery scissors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Make a template to practice winding the spokes of the wheel:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cut a round disk out of firm cardboard, approx. 3\u201d or more in diameter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using a pen, mark the hours and half hours of the clock at 12:00, 1:30, 3:00, 4:30, 6:00, 7:30, 9:00, and 10:30<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clip the disk (about 1 \/ 4 &#8221; deep) at each marked point<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rectangular\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Kovnat2-1.png?w=1140&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Materials Fee:<\/strong>&nbsp;None, bring the supplies listed above if you want to make a button with Denise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn to make colorful, whimsical buttons \u2013 for jewelry, surface decoration or fasteners for your handmade garments \u2013 using only &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/dorset-buttons-a-heritage-craft\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dorset Buttons: A Heritage Craft (Virtual)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2895","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pfrlhq-KH","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2895"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8007,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2895\/revisions\/8007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}