Edit: Can people stop criticizing the way I'm talking in this THREE YEAR OLD video? Would that be possible?? This is the first time I'd *ever* recorded audio, OF COURSE I'm nervous and talking too quickly, you're not being helpful by leaving rude comments about it. (And my fingernails ARE clean and no I will NOT cut them short, they're long and pointy because I like them that way.) Some notes: 1. It turns out it's really hard to find public domain images of big multicoloured death's head buttons, so I only have one extant coat with them in the intro. There are more colourful examples in the linked blog post, and even more on the pinterest board. 2. I am talking WAY too fast in the beginning of that voiceover, oops. It was my first time talking into a microphone so I was having something resembling stage fright. This is also why there are so many cuts in the first 20 seconds, it took multiple tries to get each sentence out clearly. 3. There are SO MANY more kinds of thread buttons! This is just a few very basic variations, there are other death's head buttons with extra wraps added on top, or bits woven through, or with detached buttonhole stitch around the edge! More examples in the blog post. I haven't made any of those variations but I'm excited to try. 4. I really love how the little pocket sized Vanitas looks. The hourglass is from the dentist and the candle is a birthday candle set in a bottle cap. I did this partly because I thought it was funny, but mostly for the Aesthetic. The tiny little antique book is Tennyson, in case anyone was wondering.
Not gonna lie; it wasn't till you put your hand in there to drop the buttons on the 'still life' the second time that I noticed it wasn't real size. Only then did i see the birthday candle on the bottle top, that the hour glass was one of those wee ones, and that meant the book, the skull, the plate, the cloth rose must be tiny too. That was laugh out loud brilliant. Now I want to see if you can do more ... darn it.
Imma gonna say this. I can't believe you have put this off so long. Your skill at video creation is absolutely top-notch. The story arc gets us from woah-to-go, the hand written notes are truly sweet, the inserts of explanatory filming are perfect and justifiable and your voice over/music selection charming and calming. So skilful .. tells the story of how to make a deaths head button perfectly. Glad to subscribe and get notified so I can see more of this on my youtube feed. Brilliantly done!
There is something so reassuring about being told, "You'll improve with practice." These buttons are fab. I was going to replace the buttons on my coat with cloth-covered buttons, but this is a great option. Thanks for the easy to follow tutorial.
I'm in love with these buttons! I may never buy basic plastic buttons again! These are stunning and I'm always so disappointed by regular buttons. We slave and poor our heart into the garments we make to slap undramatic basic buttons. These are just so much more. The cherry on top so to speak. Thank you for this lovely tutorial ❤️
In the Netherlands we use a wooden awl instead of a pin needle. This object fits in the center hole but does not stick out. The advantage is that you have less strain on your hands. Maybe it can help you. Good luck Herma
"Maybe practice on a larger button before trying the smaller ones" Me, with no self preservation instincts and nothing to lose: Bet 😂 I love these so much! I'm gonna have really obnoxious buttons on all of my stuff now, regardless of era. I love the whole vibe of this video 🥰 its very soothing
Saving this to watch again later! I've been too overwhelmed by the written instructions I've tried. They either have sixteen thousand steps or like... four. This is very easy to follow.
Thank you! Some of the ones I've seen are also wrong/inefficient. There's one floating around the internet that tells you to cut off enough thread to finish the button when the wraps start slipping, and to weave them under the other threads with a needle every time you go around the back, which is just a silly waste of time when the threads wrapping around the pin works better.
As I said before thank you so much for your insight to tailoring, when I was a child I had some of these discs and I used them as pennies (I am 68years old )none ever told me they were buttons ,thank you again for showing g me the life my great grandfather had as a Taylor my father said he could remember going to see his grandfather and a lot of the time he would be sat crossed legged on the table in front of the window ,now I think it was because of the natural daylight instead of being in front of candle light , I still own a piece of bees wax which belonged to him ,its in a tin I have used it in the past but not anymore it's now too precious to me sentimental, if you like
Wow. My Young son was talking with me saying about How now we have minimalist things, like our fornitures and people talk like they are elegant, but in past they had draw, decoration, details. Watching your vídeo made me remember about him and How handmade things ARE a Lot beautiful and Nice.
This seems very difficult and straining on your hands but very hypnotic and relaxing at the same time. The result is absolutely beautiful and they elevate the garments to a whole new level. You look great in the historical outfits!
This is, by far, the best video explanation I've seen for how to make these. Even the best explanation in general, really. I've looked at so many written tutorials and nothing compares to how well you've explained it. Thanks so much for making this video.
This was so in-depth! It's not how I imagined them to be made at all after I first saw them on your blog. Your narration is soothing to listen to, and I love all the little touches like the tiny Vanitas. And thank you so much for adding captions!!
@@vincentbriggs1780 AMEN, to that. Thank you for being considerate of those that are or who may be hard of hearing. Your onscreen PERSONAL captions really do help.
Your buttons are sooooo beautiful! And I could just sink into watching you do the wraps for longer than I thought I would want to. Wonderfully calming. I think it's the careful, intent slowness of how you do things that really lifts your videos put from any others I can think of. And I love the music you use. Thank you so much for wonderful videos and for making me want to hunt down some wood disks and threads...
I have no desire at present to create these style of buttons but I derived immense pleasure from watching you create them😊❤I do have some thread covered buttons from my Grams that I think are from the 60's that are done in a coil. I will never use them but I love looking at them.😊
These buttons are so beautiful and the perfect embellishment for your elegant tailored fashions. I don't sew, but I have friends who do. These are going to make great Christmas gifts for them. Better start practicing now. 😚
Okay so I made the idiotic decision to put some of these on a cosplay garment and thought: Oh good, new historical sewing skill. They are HARD. I looked through about seven or eight written tutorials or articles and a few videos before I found yours and honestly, it's the most beginner friendly. Tricks that other sources list as optional, you do as part of your process (waxing, 4-5 strand wide anchors, not being stingy with your tacking stitches...) and you work large and small. I got a lot better understanding of the steps AND was inspired to work towards multicolor variants without feeling intimidated. (Also I love your sense of humor). And the other thing is you talked about your hand hurting after a few waistcoat buttons- that was actually IMMENSELY helpful. I was having the damnedest time figuring out thread tension and that tipped me off that I was being too loose with it. I finally made a good-looking 2-color Death's Head tonight and it's thanks to you!
Thank you for this comment! I'm so glad it was helpful!! I try my best to make things as clear and concise as possible, and it's wonderful to hear that it works!
I love your calm quiet voice. Very relaxing. And of course I admire your skill in making accessories. I made myself a few pairs of buttons on the buttonhole. I was guided by your video about them. I really like to wear shirts with them.
This is unbelievably helpful. Beautiful work Vincent! I love your handwritten notes and your history of death's head buttons. 😆 Eagerly awaiting more of your content!
My goodness. Why haven't I found your channel before? This is a well made video. I've wanted to learn to make thread covered buttons. This is perfect. Thank you very much. Now I can practice button making while binge watching your channel. Cheers!
Thank you! I'm afraid I haven't got much to binge yet, as I'm very slow at making videos. Right now I'm working on a tutorial for a head kerchief that looks like a big leaf!
Fascinating man, this is a beautiful craft. Perhaps even an art. To manufacture such a utilitarian article nowadays in the manner of an 18th Century craft worker is wonderful to watch. I have to try this technique but I suspect it is so very much more difficult than you make it appear. Wonderful needlework skills in the other parts of the costumes too. Thanks.
I'm an absolute fan of your work! Your blog was already highly useful and informative and now that you're making your jump to youtube I can only be thankfull! You're so clear and easy to understand, thank you so much for the content, I hope you continue on this youtube adventure and start recording your future projects in-depth! I cannot wait to see more, and to give some practice to what I'm learning from you. Thanks! Cheers from the south of Spain!
Thank you! I am excited to make more sewing videos! I don't know what sewing project I'll film first or how long it will take, but I will definitely make more!
Fantastic video and tutorial! You’re a great instructor and have a calming voice. I’m so inspired to make some of these historical buttons. I realize it’s a 3 year old video but I loved it! Thanks so much for sharing this technique.
Thank you so much for this fantastic tutorial! I'd not heard of the name for these kinds of buttons before, and I think you do an excellent job explaining it. I also want to give kudos to you for the line, "History is muddled and confusing and we can never know for sure because whoever came up with the name is too dead to tell us." Perfectly captures the frustration of anyone looking to find an answer that just never got written down, and is the best line I've heard regarding history in a long time!
I just dropped what I was doing and went to find some wooden discs, a drill and some thread, like, before this video was even over. Also, your Flegel-esque still life is absolutely inspired. Hats off, man.
These are the perfect final touch to these garments. I have a number of very old sewing and repair items from one set of grandparents that were a seamstress and a lock Smith. I even have an old cigar tin that some of these bone or ivory button blanks with the single holes. They also have some little ball ended wire/metal loops that go through the hole and sort of screw into the appropriate buttonhole stitched 1/8 in circle on a men's shirt to attach. They also were packed with a bone or ivory small button hook. Now I wonder how old they really are. 🪡🧵
Someone alerted me to the fact that you have a channel (I just follow your pterrible dinosaurs usually) after I asked which costubers they watched - I'm delighted to find this video is great! I subscribed immediately after your very dry comment about the person being "too dead to tell us" haha
When I see things like this, I try to imagine what kind of inside jokes people would have had about it. Like the people who did it regularly, maybe for a living, what kind of goofy button-wrapping jokes would they have shared with each other?
Just found this via tumblr, and I was enjoying it but not interested in doing it myself until you got to the three color ones! They're pretty, and it looks very meditative/fascinating to watch the pattern be created.
These are AWESOME! Thank you! I've been wanting to make and wear waistcoats for years and this is just pushing me closer to the day the Brain Council lets me start that particular project :D Wonderfully made tutorial video
Beautiful work so neatly done. I hope theatre costumers appreciate the authenticity. Also the time to record and source the design and detail. Thank you. Myra.
Super informative, well-explained and you worked slowly enough that it was very comprehensible. Thank you. Wonderful video, fantastic little works of art you are sewing onto your clothing there :)
I just found your channel and I am OBSESSED!!!🤩🤩🤩 as a fellow modiste and tailor myself, I have to say your work is immaculate. I love your videos and your nails are amazing!!! I subbed. The info I learn from your channel is invaluable. Thank you.😀😃🤩
I had never heard of these! TH-cam suggested your video to me, and this has been a real treat! Thank you for the historical education and for sharing your incredible handiwork with us!! This is a 5 star video, for sure!! ❤
Absolutely fascinating to watch, beautiful results, and a very comprehensive, calm and easy to follow demonstration of skill. Should I try this, I am sure it will take a while to master, but your video gives so many little tips - and the reasons for them - that I am definitely encouraged to at least try!
I have been playing around with the concept of double-buttons-- linked buttons that aren't actually attached to the garment they're fastening closed, kind of like cuff links. This of course does require making double the number of button holes as well, but gives the ability to swap buttons out much more easily. So I won't have to commit to a particular color of button for a garment that looks good with several, and my favorite buttons can eventually be reused with as many outfits as I'd like. Within reason, of course-- buttonhole and button size must still be well matched (though one button can be too large, as long as it's paired with one that fits), and the thickness of the fabric affects how long the connector between the two buttons needs to be. These seem like they would be perfect for that. Since there's thread ends that have to be secured anyways, and the layers of overlapping thread offer a much better place to anchor them than the smooth flat back of an ordinary button, it would be very easy to attach another button neatly. So far I've only completed one set of four double-buttons, as a first test. When I get around to making more, I think this will be the method I use. A big part of the point, when I first came up with the idea, was to build a collection of much more exciting buttons than the single-color plastic ones that are most commonly used today, and these thread buttons would certainly qualify.
I can only describe your buttons with one word Stunning. I think your work is beautiful, now as far as people making negative comments please don't listen to those types of people. Those people are generally unhappy, miserable little human beings and because they are so miserable they do their best to bring everyone down to their unhappy existence. So you keep doing you and to hell with the haters in the world. 😊
This is delightful, and I just wanted to say thank you especially for manually adding captions. I have audio processing issues, and the quality of youtube's auto-generated captions is.... variable, especially when it comes to technical terms (of which sewing has Many). So I really appreciate you doing this!
Thank you! According to my analytics page almost 40% of my audience uses subtitles, so it'd be awfully neglectful of me to not add proper ones. (It also says 37% of them are over 55, so I imagine quite a few people watching have some hearing loss.)
my nana was a tailor before she married then she had to giv it up as married ladies could not work in those days, she taught me how to sew on buttons just as you did including a shank. Thanks for the share very interesting. My only negative comment would be that my OCD tendancies would have tried to match the angle they sit at so they look the same on the waist coat buttons but maybe you prefer them as you sewed them and maybe thats what they did historically. For sure they are certainly works of aet in and of themselves.
these are so pretty! and look like SO much work. very cool! The six-section one I think is a good illustration of the way the wrap geometry gives rise to the final geometry and how that might not be immediately intuitive (at least it wasn't for me) (... not words good but hopefully that makes sense).
These are beautiful! Not sure, but in some places buttons or coins are put on the eyes of dead bodies (heads) to keep the eyes shut ? It was sort of a ritual even. I remember my office mate at school telling a story of not liking that he was expected to place coins on his deceased grandparent’s eyes.
Thank you for this fascinating video which I stumbled upon by chance. I'm in my sixties and have made cloth covered buttons but had no idea about these thread covered buttons. This history lesson is great. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge and skill. Cheers, Yvette. P.S. there's nothing wrong with your narration xx
Oh, btw, concerning the small holes on the small moulds I think I will try using a bead reamer to enlarge the hole just slightly. As long as the hole is still smooth it should work.
Gracias por compartir me ifentifico con este trabajo que usted hace, me gusta mucho ese trabajo y lo voy a practicar se parece a las cosas que hago recordare el pasado...otras vidas. Gracias muy exquisite ✨️ su trabajo
I love the idea for the intro to this video like written a letter in elegant scripture. While watching this video it makes me want to work on a lilac vest I put aside for a later time because I've been intimated by it due that it's my first button hole project.
Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for the time it took you to make this video. I love all about it....colors, design, music in the background...etc. They are so beautiful 👏👏👏👏
I feel inspired! I think I will do some death's head buttons for my tailored jacket :) I love the theatrical ending and the face-to-camera intro, bravo my darling! Also, I'd recognize your hands anywhere
Ooooh! This is incredibly helpful! The cinematography and the editing turned out good, the music wasn't irritating or too loud (as it seems to be on some channels), the instructions are clear and understandable. The only little thing I noticed was your voiceover being a little gravelly-sounding towards the beginning, but I assume that's due to nervousness, and not wanting to talk too loudly while recording it. All in all, 11/10!
Thank you! Yes, I did the voiceover in my dear friend's basement on her nice microphone, and was nervous because I'd never recorded on a microphone before, and was fretting a bit because I was worried about taking up too much of her time. Yeah it's annoying when music is too loud and gets in the way of the voiceover! I made a list of things that annoy me in youtube videos and did my best to avoid them.
Friendly wolf-whistles at you looking fancy in period! I have a green coat that I've been needing to change out buttons on because a few have been lost (and they're ugly green plastic) but I've not been able to find ones i like that coordinate in the two sizes i need. I think i know what im going to be doing now❤
TH-cam is delivering me the goods! Niche content from a niche person. You are fantastic. Thank you for sharing this video and for running your channel 🎉
Yeah do another with contrasting thread to secure. Im at the end of the first button in thr video. I love this. I crochet, knit and starting sewing for necessity. Comfort and i need a corset dor my back pain. Yeah lighter color thread would've been easier to see. Id love to see more of your work.
Button Moulds! I have several sizes of these but did not know what they were for. I picked them up over several years from the thrift store thinking they would be useful; that's about all it takes to get added to my stash! I do fine beading, crochet, embroidery using mainly tatting weight mercerized cotton. I am looking forward to seeing what I can do with this; it will not be traditional 18th century! What would variegated thread look like or loading and positioning #15 glass beads in the center? So many ideas to try!
They were called deaths head buttons because, unlike small regular buttons, they resembled the big fat coin wich was positioned on the eyes of a dead person :)
But all the earliest examples I've seen are very small, and the big flat ones weren't fashionable until decades later, and then there were buttons made of various other materials in the same size and shape - including metal ones which look a lot more like coins than these do.
informative, inspiring, and amusing! these buttons are really darling and well-made; it's clear you have made countless before, given how even yours come out and all of the tips you have to share. and still i'm itching to try my hand despite knowing that my first several will be shoddy and take ages. thank you for sharing your passions and igniting my curiosity!
Lovely video. Easy to work along with (with pauses to catch up because I'm hella slow!l), and very calming. I'll definitely be back to watch more videos, and I'm glad I followed you here from tumblr!! I had to after all of the production stills, and glamour shots of finished products, the really well thought-out, and worded talk. And, of course, because you also love some of my favorites on TH-cam. Bernadette Banner, Morgan Donner, and the Meme Mom herself, Karolina Zebrowska! =) As a radio broadcaster with huge stage fright, I can promise that the abject terror (or just nervousness XD) does fade with more practice and time. I've no critiques on that score, just advice if you want it. The best piece of which is to write out random scripts, and just record as if you're doing it for a video. Don't review the session. Delete it when you're done with one passage of the script. Write out DM conversations, write out jokes. Anything you can think of, especially the ridiculous! Don't review any of it. This exercize is only to get those flutters in hand, and show the butterflies that you're the boss. ^_^ If I'm honest, it took me about a month of broadcasting, and record/delete before my voice quavers, and mis-speaking went away.
Thank you! I was already less nervous by the end of the voiceover, but still have much to improve on. Recording stuff just for practice sounds like a great idea. I filmed a whole lot of awkward stammering before I managed to get that short intro out, and doing some intentional practice talking in front of the camera would have definitely helped.
Thank you SO MUCH for this video! No joke- I was going to look up button making next after watching your patchwork dressing coat vid, but just had to see what else was on your channel, and...voila! Here it is...and another to boot!🤘🏼 Gorgeous nails, btw!! 😍 I wish mine would grow that nice, alas, they are too thin...
Wonderful work, so precise. First lesson for me is "take your time" I rush and can be heavy handed. I was interested in them being called Death Buttons, I wondered if prisoners made them for the wealthy until they died, just a thought. Thank you for a lovely video.
I’m going to try this!! Just to see if I can do it! Your work is amazing! Thank you! WOW! I hadn’t finished before I left my comment. The coat is beautiful!
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Edit: Can people stop criticizing the way I'm talking in this THREE YEAR OLD video? Would that be possible?? This is the first time I'd *ever* recorded audio, OF COURSE I'm nervous and talking too quickly, you're not being helpful by leaving rude comments about it. (And my fingernails ARE clean and no I will NOT cut them short, they're long and pointy because I like them that way.)
Some notes:
1. It turns out it's really hard to find public domain images of big multicoloured death's head buttons, so I only have one extant coat with them in the intro. There are more colourful examples in the linked blog post, and even more on the pinterest board.
2. I am talking WAY too fast in the beginning of that voiceover, oops. It was my first time talking into a microphone so I was having something resembling stage fright. This is also why there are so many cuts in the first 20 seconds, it took multiple tries to get each sentence out clearly.
3. There are SO MANY more kinds of thread buttons! This is just a few very basic variations, there are other death's head buttons with extra wraps added on top, or bits woven through, or with detached buttonhole stitch around the edge! More examples in the blog post. I haven't made any of those variations but I'm excited to try.
4. I really love how the little pocket sized Vanitas looks. The hourglass is from the dentist and the candle is a birthday candle set in a bottle cap. I did this partly because I thought it was funny, but mostly for the Aesthetic. The tiny little antique book is Tennyson, in case anyone was wondering.
I was going to ask you about that tiny book, thank you for mentioning it. I need it in my miniature collection
Not gonna lie; it wasn't till you put your hand in there to drop the buttons on the 'still life' the second time that I noticed it wasn't real size. Only then did i see the birthday candle on the bottle top, that the hour glass was one of those wee ones, and that meant the book, the skull, the plate, the cloth rose must be tiny too. That was laugh out loud brilliant. Now I want to see if you can do more ... darn it.
Thank you for making this! Next time, it might be helpful to have the music less loud behind your talking, as I was having trouble hearing you.
@@briefisbest Noted, I will make it a bit quieter next time! (I also have subtitles typed out, if that is helpful)
The algorithm recommended this video and I AM HOOKED! This is fascinating!!
Imma gonna say this. I can't believe you have put this off so long. Your skill at video creation is absolutely top-notch. The story arc gets us from woah-to-go, the hand written notes are truly sweet, the inserts of explanatory filming are perfect and justifiable and your voice over/music selection charming and calming. So skilful .. tells the story of how to make a deaths head button perfectly. Glad to subscribe and get notified so I can see more of this on my youtube feed. Brilliantly done!
There is something so reassuring about being told, "You'll improve with practice." These buttons are fab. I was going to replace the buttons on my coat with cloth-covered buttons, but this is a great option. Thanks for the easy to follow tutorial.
OMG, seriously- same here about MY coat!❤
I'm in love with these buttons! I may never buy basic plastic buttons again! These are stunning and I'm always so disappointed by regular buttons. We slave and poor our heart into the garments we make to slap undramatic basic buttons. These are just so much more. The cherry on top so to speak. Thank you for this lovely tutorial ❤️
Beautiful! Thnx for sharing it I've learned a lot from it. Really takes you back to those days timeless!
In the Netherlands we use a wooden awl instead of a pin needle. This object fits in the center hole but does not stick out. The advantage is that you have less strain on your hands. Maybe it can help you. Good luck Herma
Beautiful work! It’s fascinating to watch how simple thread becomes an intricately beautiful piece of art.
"Maybe practice on a larger button before trying the smaller ones"
Me, with no self preservation instincts and nothing to lose: Bet
😂 I love these so much! I'm gonna have really obnoxious buttons on all of my stuff now, regardless of era.
I love the whole vibe of this video 🥰 its very soothing
Saving this to watch again later! I've been too overwhelmed by the written instructions I've tried. They either have sixteen thousand steps or like... four. This is very easy to follow.
Thank you! Some of the ones I've seen are also wrong/inefficient.
There's one floating around the internet that tells you to cut off enough thread to finish the button when the wraps start slipping, and to weave them under the other threads with a needle every time you go around the back, which is just a silly waste of time when the threads wrapping around the pin works better.
As I said before thank you so much for your insight to tailoring, when I was a child I had some of these discs and I used them as pennies (I am 68years old )none ever told me they were buttons ,thank you again for showing g me the life my great grandfather had as a Taylor my father said he could remember going to see his grandfather and a lot of the time he would be sat crossed legged on the table in front of the window ,now I think it was because of the natural daylight instead of being in front of candle light , I still own a piece of bees wax which belonged to him ,its in a tin I have used it in the past but not anymore it's now too precious to me sentimental, if you like
Wow. My Young son was talking with me saying about How now we have minimalist things, like our fornitures and people talk like they are elegant, but in past they had draw, decoration, details. Watching your vídeo made me remember about him and How handmade things ARE a Lot beautiful and Nice.
This is a great way to use up old buttons that don't have the right color or material for any of my projects! Brilliant!
This seems very difficult and straining on your hands but very hypnotic and relaxing at the same time. The result is absolutely beautiful and they elevate the garments to a whole new level. You look great in the historical outfits!
Loving your whole aesthetic. Thank you for popping up in my feed and introducing me to Death’s Head Buttons. 😊
This is, by far, the best video explanation I've seen for how to make these. Even the best explanation in general, really. I've looked at so many written tutorials and nothing compares to how well you've explained it. Thanks so much for making this video.
Thank you! Explaining everything clearly is always my main goal with these videos, so it's great to hear it's working!
@@vincentbriggs1780 You're doing wonderful!
this is fabulous! HELLO from 2023! I'm totally in love and this is so perfectly an amazing tutorial! NOW to go and binge you! TYTYTYTY
This was so in-depth! It's not how I imagined them to be made at all after I first saw them on your blog. Your narration is soothing to listen to, and I love all the little touches like the tiny Vanitas. And thank you so much for adding captions!!
Thank you!
I know a lot of people need captions for various reasons, and you can't trust the automatically generated ones to get things right.
@@vincentbriggs1780 AMEN, to that.
Thank you for being considerate of those that are or who may be hard of hearing. Your onscreen PERSONAL captions really do help.
Your buttons are sooooo beautiful! And I could just sink into watching you do the wraps for longer than I thought I would want to. Wonderfully calming. I think it's the careful, intent slowness of how you do things that really lifts your videos put from any others I can think of. And I love the music you use. Thank you so much for wonderful videos and for making me want to hunt down some wood disks and threads...
I have no desire at present to create these style of buttons but I derived immense pleasure from watching you create them😊❤I do have some thread covered buttons from my Grams that I think are from the 60's that are done in a coil. I will never use them but I love looking at them.😊
These buttons are so beautiful and the perfect embellishment for your elegant tailored fashions. I don't sew, but I have friends who do. These are going to make great Christmas gifts for them. Better start practicing now. 😚
I didn't know I needed a new hobby before watching this!!!!!
This video is amazing, it was almost hypnotic watching you wrap and seeing the pattern appear. Thank you!
Okay so I made the idiotic decision to put some of these on a cosplay garment and thought: Oh good, new historical sewing skill. They are HARD. I looked through about seven or eight written tutorials or articles and a few videos before I found yours and honestly, it's the most beginner friendly. Tricks that other sources list as optional, you do as part of your process (waxing, 4-5 strand wide anchors, not being stingy with your tacking stitches...) and you work large and small. I got a lot better understanding of the steps AND was inspired to work towards multicolor variants without feeling intimidated. (Also I love your sense of humor).
And the other thing is you talked about your hand hurting after a few waistcoat buttons- that was actually IMMENSELY helpful. I was having the damnedest time figuring out thread tension and that tipped me off that I was being too loose with it. I finally made a good-looking 2-color Death's Head tonight and it's thanks to you!
Thank you for this comment! I'm so glad it was helpful!!
I try my best to make things as clear and concise as possible, and it's wonderful to hear that it works!
I love your calm quiet voice. Very relaxing. And of course I admire your skill in making accessories. I made myself a few pairs of buttons on the buttonhole. I was guided by your video about them. I really like to wear shirts with them.
I love his long fingernails. They seem as necessary as thread and needle. Fascinating video.😊
This is unbelievably helpful. Beautiful work Vincent! I love your handwritten notes and your history of death's head buttons. 😆 Eagerly awaiting more of your content!
also, i love the sneaky dinosaur drawing at 25:38 🥰😍
My goodness. Why haven't I found your channel before? This is a well made video. I've wanted to learn to make thread covered buttons. This is perfect. Thank you very much. Now I can practice button making while binge watching your channel. Cheers!
Thank you! I'm afraid I haven't got much to binge yet, as I'm very slow at making videos. Right now I'm working on a tutorial for a head kerchief that looks like a big leaf!
Fascinating man, this is a beautiful craft. Perhaps even an art. To manufacture such a utilitarian article nowadays in the manner of an 18th Century craft worker is wonderful to watch. I have to try this technique but I suspect it is so very much more difficult than you make it appear. Wonderful needlework skills in the other parts of the costumes too. Thanks.
I'm an absolute fan of your work! Your blog was already highly useful and informative and now that you're making your jump to youtube I can only be thankfull! You're so clear and easy to understand, thank you so much for the content, I hope you continue on this youtube adventure and start recording your future projects in-depth!
I cannot wait to see more, and to give some practice to what I'm learning from you. Thanks! Cheers from the south of Spain!
Thank you! I am excited to make more sewing videos! I don't know what sewing project I'll film first or how long it will take, but I will definitely make more!
"too dead to tell us" that sums up everything pretty nicely. These are beautiful!
Fantastic video and tutorial! You’re a great instructor and have a calming voice. I’m so inspired to make some of these historical buttons. I realize it’s a 3 year old video but I loved it! Thanks so much for sharing this technique.
Thank you so much for this fantastic tutorial! I'd not heard of the name for these kinds of buttons before, and I think you do an excellent job explaining it. I also want to give kudos to you for the line, "History is muddled and confusing and we can never know for sure because whoever came up with the name is too dead to tell us." Perfectly captures the frustration of anyone looking to find an answer that just never got written down, and is the best line I've heard regarding history in a long time!
Sakin,huzur ve estetik dolu bir video
У вас все великолепно,благодарю за просмотр,получила большое удовольствие,жаль что не знаю ❤английского
I just dropped what I was doing and went to find some wooden discs, a drill and some thread, like, before this video was even over. Also, your Flegel-esque still life is absolutely inspired. Hats off, man.
These are the perfect final touch to these garments. I have a number of very old sewing and repair items from one set of grandparents that were a seamstress and a lock Smith. I even have an old cigar tin that some of these bone or ivory button blanks with the single holes. They also have some little ball ended wire/metal loops that go through the hole and sort of screw into the appropriate buttonhole stitched 1/8 in circle on a men's shirt to attach. They also were packed with a bone or ivory small button hook. Now I wonder how old they really are. 🪡🧵
Someone alerted me to the fact that you have a channel (I just follow your pterrible dinosaurs usually) after I asked which costubers they watched - I'm delighted to find this video is great! I subscribed immediately after your very dry comment about the person being "too dead to tell us" haha
Такое изящное мастерство, покоряет с первой минуты просмотра. Спасибо за красоту, вы просто подарок для любителей изящного,❤
When I see things like this, I try to imagine what kind of inside jokes people would have had about it. Like the people who did it regularly, maybe for a living, what kind of goofy button-wrapping jokes would they have shared with each other?
"Making your hand hurt"...Amen to that! After 15 small buttons, I had hand cramps on the next 10! 25 in all. Yikes!!
Just found this via tumblr, and I was enjoying it but not interested in doing it myself until you got to the three color ones! They're pretty, and it looks very meditative/fascinating to watch the pattern be created.
Очень интересно. Благодарю Вас что делитесь своим творчеством. Благодарю за Ваш труд ❤
These are AWESOME! Thank you! I've been wanting to make and wear waistcoats for years and this is just pushing me closer to the day the Brain Council lets me start that particular project :D Wonderfully made tutorial video
You are truly an artisan! I am so impressed at how historically accurate you are!! You do not miss one single detail!!
Thank you so much for these detailed instructions. I love your calm ways, the music, such a beautiful ride into historical crafts. ❤
Beautiful work so neatly done. I hope theatre costumers appreciate the authenticity. Also the time to record and source the design and detail. Thank you. Myra.
Super informative, well-explained and you worked slowly enough that it was very comprehensible. Thank you. Wonderful video, fantastic little works of art you are sewing onto your clothing there :)
This was interesting and amazing. Never thought about how those pretty buttons were made before but I'm glad I watched your video and now know.
I just found your channel and I am OBSESSED!!!🤩🤩🤩 as a fellow modiste and tailor myself, I have to say your work is immaculate. I love your videos and your nails are amazing!!! I subbed. The info I learn from your channel is invaluable. Thank you.😀😃🤩
So calming and informative! I love it. And the world needs more vanitas displays with buttons.
I had never heard of these! TH-cam suggested your video to me, and this has been a real treat! Thank you for the historical education and for sharing your incredible handiwork with us!! This is a 5 star video, for sure!! ❤
Absolutely fascinating to watch, beautiful results, and a very comprehensive, calm and easy to follow demonstration of skill. Should I try this, I am sure it will take a while to master, but your video gives so many little tips - and the reasons for them - that I am definitely encouraged to at least try!
Какая красота! Усидчивость и мастерство просто очаровывают! Удачи и успехов Вам во всём!
I have been playing around with the concept of double-buttons-- linked buttons that aren't actually attached to the garment they're fastening closed, kind of like cuff links. This of course does require making double the number of button holes as well, but gives the ability to swap buttons out much more easily. So I won't have to commit to a particular color of button for a garment that looks good with several, and my favorite buttons can eventually be reused with as many outfits as I'd like. Within reason, of course-- buttonhole and button size must still be well matched (though one button can be too large, as long as it's paired with one that fits), and the thickness of the fabric affects how long the connector between the two buttons needs to be.
These seem like they would be perfect for that. Since there's thread ends that have to be secured anyways, and the layers of overlapping thread offer a much better place to anchor them than the smooth flat back of an ordinary button, it would be very easy to attach another button neatly.
So far I've only completed one set of four double-buttons, as a first test. When I get around to making more, I think this will be the method I use. A big part of the point, when I first came up with the idea, was to build a collection of much more exciting buttons than the single-color plastic ones that are most commonly used today, and these thread buttons would certainly qualify.
Wow! Excellent craftsmanship
These are stunning. I adore your work.
Great visual guide and helpful explanations and non-intrusive music: all good. What a bunch of work. Thanks for the how-to.
So pleased the often horrible algorithm sent me this lovely tutorial for a change. Thanks you for creating & sharing your work. ❤
I can only describe your buttons with one word Stunning. I think your work is beautiful, now as far as people making negative comments please don't listen to those types of people. Those people are generally unhappy, miserable little human beings and because they are so miserable they do their best to bring everyone down to their unhappy existence. So you keep doing you and to hell with the haters in the world. 😊
This is delightful, and I just wanted to say thank you especially for manually adding captions. I have audio processing issues, and the quality of youtube's auto-generated captions is.... variable, especially when it comes to technical terms (of which sewing has Many). So I really appreciate you doing this!
Thank you!
According to my analytics page almost 40% of my audience uses subtitles, so it'd be awfully neglectful of me to not add proper ones. (It also says 37% of them are over 55, so I imagine quite a few people watching have some hearing loss.)
Yes, I really like the captions as well!
my nana was a tailor before she married then she had to giv it up as married ladies could not work in those days, she taught me how to sew on buttons just as you did including a shank. Thanks for the share very interesting. My only negative comment would be that my OCD tendancies would have tried to match the angle they sit at so they look the same on the waist coat buttons but maybe you prefer them as you sewed them and maybe thats what they did historically. For sure they are certainly works of aet in and of themselves.
Thank you for the tutorial, your work is beautiful. And I have to say, those orange silk breeches are to DIE FOR!
these are so pretty! and look like SO much work. very cool!
The six-section one I think is a good illustration of the way the wrap geometry gives rise to the final geometry and how that might not be immediately intuitive (at least it wasn't for me) (... not words good but hopefully that makes sense).
Thank you! Yeah I'm not very good at words either, I don't think I could write how to do these very well so I'm glad video is an option!
Thank you for sharing your time and talent, love your buttons.
These are beautiful! Not sure, but in some places buttons or coins are put on the eyes of dead bodies (heads) to keep the eyes shut ? It was sort of a ritual even. I remember my office mate at school telling a story of not liking that he was expected to place coins on his deceased grandparent’s eyes.
Thank you for this fascinating video which I stumbled upon by chance. I'm in my sixties and have made cloth covered buttons but had no idea about these thread covered buttons. This history lesson is great. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge and skill. Cheers, Yvette. P.S. there's nothing wrong with your narration xx
Oh, btw, concerning the small holes on the small moulds I think I will try using a bead reamer to enlarge the hole just slightly. As long as the hole is still smooth it should work.
Gracias por compartir me ifentifico con este trabajo que usted hace, me gusta mucho ese trabajo y lo voy a practicar se parece a las cosas que hago recordare el pasado...otras vidas.
Gracias muy exquisite ✨️ su trabajo
So patient, it’s a labour of love and you can tell you love it.
I love the idea for the intro to this video like written a letter in elegant scripture. While watching this video it makes me want to work on a lilac vest I put aside for a later time because I've been intimated by it due that it's my first button hole project.
Thanks!
Here's a video I found very helpful for learning 18th century buttonholes:
th-cam.com/video/ladhbfRl6_0/w-d-xo.html
Thank you🙂
I love your stop animation title card! :D Also, as usual, you are wonderfully informative and your work is immaculate. :) Thank you.
I love these buttons! Thanks for posting this tutorial, and thank you so much for captioning your video!
I really enjoyed your video. The buttons are fantastic.
Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for the time it took you to make this video. I love all about it....colors, design, music in the background...etc.
They are so beautiful 👏👏👏👏
I feel inspired! I think I will do some death's head buttons for my tailored jacket :) I love the theatrical ending and the face-to-camera intro, bravo my darling! Also, I'd recognize your hands anywhere
Hooray! I look forward to seeing your jacket!
Ooooh! This is incredibly helpful! The cinematography and the editing turned out good, the music wasn't irritating or too loud (as it seems to be on some channels), the instructions are clear and understandable. The only little thing I noticed was your voiceover being a little gravelly-sounding towards the beginning, but I assume that's due to nervousness, and not wanting to talk too loudly while recording it. All in all, 11/10!
Thank you! Yes, I did the voiceover in my dear friend's basement on her nice microphone, and was nervous because I'd never recorded on a microphone before, and was fretting a bit because I was worried about taking up too much of her time.
Yeah it's annoying when music is too loud and gets in the way of the voiceover! I made a list of things that annoy me in youtube videos and did my best to avoid them.
Absolutely stunning. Fine craftsmanship!
Very nicely done, lovely craftsmanship.
Friendly wolf-whistles at you looking fancy in period!
I have a green coat that I've been needing to change out buttons on because a few have been lost (and they're ugly green plastic) but I've not been able to find ones i like that coordinate in the two sizes i need. I think i know what im going to be doing now❤
and I love your choice of background music as well! The buttons are beautiful. Thanks for sharing your expertise.
I've seen these and often wondered how they were made. Thanks for such a clear informative video.
TH-cam is delivering me the goods! Niche content from a niche person. You are fantastic. Thank you for sharing this video and for running your channel 🎉
Yeah do another with contrasting thread to secure. Im at the end of the first button in thr video. I love this. I crochet, knit and starting sewing for necessity. Comfort and i need a corset dor my back pain.
Yeah lighter color thread would've been easier to see. Id love to see more of your work.
Button Moulds! I have several sizes of these but did not know what they were for. I picked them up over several years from the thrift store thinking they would be useful; that's about all it takes to get added to my stash! I do fine beading, crochet, embroidery using mainly tatting weight mercerized cotton. I am looking forward to seeing what I can do with this; it will not be traditional 18th century! What would variegated thread look like or loading and positioning #15 glass beads in the center? So many ideas to try!
Ooh! I'd already thought of variegated thread, but didn't consider adding beads. Thanks!
My mom used to use a wooden match as a spacer between the button and the garment she was sewing to create the button shank.
Ах, какая интересная работа!
Поробую сделать.
They were called deaths head buttons because, unlike small regular buttons, they resembled the big fat coin wich was positioned on the eyes of a dead person :)
But all the earliest examples I've seen are very small, and the big flat ones weren't fashionable until decades later, and then there were buttons made of various other materials in the same size and shape - including metal ones which look a lot more like coins than these do.
These are works of art.
informative, inspiring, and amusing! these buttons are really darling and well-made; it's clear you have made countless before, given how even yours come out and all of the tips you have to share. and still i'm itching to try my hand despite knowing that my first several will be shoddy and take ages. thank you for sharing your passions and igniting my curiosity!
Good luck on your buttons!! My first few weren't great either, but that's how all sewing things go, it just takes practice!
Es un trabajo delicado y hermoso. Muchas gracias por compartir tu habilidad y creatividad con nosotros.
This is gorgeous. Thank you so much for sharing it with us. A beautiful skill.
I am in awe of your skill. Please, more! Xx
Lovely video. Easy to work along with (with pauses to catch up because I'm hella slow!l), and very calming. I'll definitely be back to watch more videos, and I'm glad I followed you here from tumblr!! I had to after all of the production stills, and glamour shots of finished products, the really well thought-out, and worded talk. And, of course, because you also love some of my favorites on TH-cam. Bernadette Banner, Morgan Donner, and the Meme Mom herself, Karolina Zebrowska! =)
As a radio broadcaster with huge stage fright, I can promise that the abject terror (or just nervousness XD) does fade with more practice and time. I've no critiques on that score, just advice if you want it.
The best piece of which is to write out random scripts, and just record as if you're doing it for a video. Don't review the session. Delete it when you're done with one passage of the script. Write out DM conversations, write out jokes. Anything you can think of, especially the ridiculous! Don't review any of it. This exercize is only to get those flutters in hand, and show the butterflies that you're the boss. ^_^ If I'm honest, it took me about a month of broadcasting, and record/delete before my voice quavers, and mis-speaking went away.
Thank you! I was already less nervous by the end of the voiceover, but still have much to improve on. Recording stuff just for practice sounds like a great idea. I filmed a whole lot of awkward stammering before I managed to get that short intro out, and doing some intentional practice talking in front of the camera would have definitely helped.
This is an incredibly detailed and beautiful video. I will certainly give this a try. Thank you for sharing your talents!
Informative and inspirational. Thank you for this detailed tutorial. Your buttons and complete garments are beautiful.
Absolutely amazing! So happy I found your channel.
Thank you SO MUCH for this video! No joke- I was going to look up button making next after watching your patchwork dressing coat vid, but just had to see what else was on your channel, and...voila! Here it is...and another to boot!🤘🏼 Gorgeous nails, btw!! 😍 I wish mine would grow that nice, alas, they are too thin...
Wonderful work, so precise. First lesson for me is "take your time" I rush and can be heavy handed. I was interested in them being called Death Buttons, I wondered if prisoners made them for the wealthy until they died, just a thought. Thank you for a lovely video.
Hi Vincent, these are beautiful. A lovely way to make your own buttons to go with the material. Have a good day.
This was so soothing and informative. I'm super glad a friend linked me to your channel :) Time to check out the other videos : )
I’m going to try this!! Just to see if I can do it! Your work is amazing! Thank you! WOW! I hadn’t finished before I left my comment. The coat is beautiful!