Wednesday, April 18, 2012

One of Most Feminine Accent is Fabric Covered Buttons

Covered Buttons are not only used for fastening the cloths but also in various different items as an accessory. The history of button is so old. The word button is actually comes from France originated from the word “Bouton”. In the ancient times buttons are generally made from natural material like wood, metal, horn and bones. With the passes of time people start making buttons from various metals like gold, silver, bronze and other metals, using as an ornaments or as a part of jewelery. Speculator use the buttons made from precious metals like gold or diamond to show their richness. Whereas people belong to lower level uses buttons made from bronze metal. But in the modern era buttons are made up from plastic and to make it more decorative they start using fabric called fabric covered buttons.

To make fabric covered buttons, essential things that are required, fabric, button and button making instruments. If you want to make buttons for business purpose then button maker machine is used. In button making first step is the selection of fabric. You can purchase fabric or buttons from local art and craft store. Here you get every type of fabric material and you can select that you want to use for your buttons. You can also purchase designer fabric. Various designer sold their patterns or fabric, that are little bit costlier. If your budget allow, you can purchase these designer fabric to make your covered buttons more attractive and stylish. Aside from this one thing that need to be consider before purchasing fabric is to check the thickness of fabric. Make sure the fabric should be thick as per the instruction written on your button making machine.

After selecting fabric, next step is the use of button making machine. There are various types of machine available in market. You can purchase or rent any one of them to make fabric covered buttons. The most commonly used button making machine is the die rotator. This machine contain two rotating dies , in one die,button and in other die,fabric is placed, these two dies are then rotated one by one. After complete revolution the button is generated. With this button making machine you can produce 100-200 buttons in one hours.

If you want to make fabric covered buttons at home to complete your any type of craft project or to decorate your dresses, to make other type of accessories like matching rubber band or phone cover, purchase a button making craft kit from any craft store. With the use of these craft kit you can produce buttons easily and this is most easiest and interesting way of making fabric covered buttons. Also you can make fabric covered belts at home. You just need to purchase a kit that is used to make fabric covered belts. You can make matching covered belts for your various dresses. These covered belts give classy and elegant look to you.

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