Buttons: A Passementerie Workshop Manual

by Gina Barrett, Ninya Mikhaila (Foreword), Mark Barrett (Photographer)

In this workshop manual, Gina Barrett shows how to recreate the beautiful passementerie buttons of the past and how to work modern designs. A large variety of techniques are expalined, including thread wrapping, needlework, knots and embroidery. Working with beads and spangles, needleweaving and lace techniques are discussed, as are tools, materials, useful stitches and finishing. Instructions for over 100 individual designs are included – each clearly explained and illustrated with step by step drawings. Suggestions for many more variations are also given, with photographs and drawings for inspiration, enabling the reader to create a huge range of unique buttons. Regardless of whether you sew or not, and whatever your skill level, this manual will show you how to make beautiful buttons.

84 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2013