Properly chosen buttons can literally transform clothes, become a special decoration for it, and sometimes even replace jewelry. Wooden buttons emphasize the natural ecological style of clothing close to simplicity, lightness, nature and naturalness. Special charm such buttons will have if you make them with your own hands!
For work you will need:
- branch
- saw
- drill
- Nazcachka
- Polyrol or Wax for wood
Start from the marking of the branch with a sharp tool or pencil at the intervals for which you will cut. If you want the buttons to be very subtle, remember that they can break. The thickness must be at least 3 mm.
Saw saw the branch on the noted lines on the blanks for butchers.
Think in advance how many holes in it will be: standard 2 or 4, and maybe you will want to make non-standard buttons by 3.5 or 6 holes. Before drilling, notice the workpiece and space for holes. Using a drill with a thin drill, drill through the button in the appropriate places.
Then carefully clean the buttonholes with sandpaper from all sides to remove the irregularities that can damage clothes.
After sandpaper, it is desirable to handle buttons by any product for a tree, for example, wax or polyrollem. So the buttons will get a more finished look, and they will serve longer. Remember that these manual buttons require special care. In water, they can wake up, and dry cleaning can not withstand. In order to further wash the thing in the washing machine, the buttons will need to be well soaked with a water-repellent means. Or before washing the buttons, and then sew again.
Here are ready so many pretty wooden butchers, how much you just want to make your skillful handles! It does not need to apply some complex tools and knowledge and you will save a lot of funds when buying similar factory buttons!
Such buttons are perfect for simple sundresses in a rural style, dresses, shirts and sufari style costumes, and just for any clothes in an environmental style from natural fabrics.
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