Marion Howitt

Dorset Button books,  kits and Button making history

How to make Dorset buttons using a simple beginners’ kit. 
Progress to more advanced techniques,
historical and modern, using the book.
Read about the fascinating history
of a county cottage industry 1622—1851.
Enjoy stories of a button factory in Birmingham  1851-1950.

click on the buttons below for details of my button books and kit

Kit
To make 6 Dorset crosswheel buttons.

Kit
To make a Beaded button brooch.

Fact File.
Instructions for many button techniques, traditional and contemporary.

Buttons, Buttons.
The history of button making in Dorset.& stories of a
Birmingham Button factory.

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jahowitt@tiscali.co.uk

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