KEEPING A HERITAGE CRAFT ALIVE with Gini's Dorset Buttons

Making Stitches Podcast · Mar 19, 2021 · 45m

Until I watched last year's Kirstie's Handmade Christmas (in December 2020), I had never heard of Dorset Buttons before. That was until Louise Armitage (also known as Gini) created the most beautiful picture using Dorset Buttons to depict the seasons of the year and clinched the trophy for the Handmade Decoration competition.

Dorset Buttons originated from the county of Dorset (the clue's in the name) on the south coast of England and have been around since the 1600s. They were used to fasten items of clothing in the days before mass produced machine-made buttons were available and were worn…