How to make a woven loop button shank - the perfect way to sew on a Dorset button or a fabric button
How to make a woven loop shank for handmade buttons. This can be used for fabric buttons, thread buttons such as a deaths head button or a Dorset button. It adds a professional tough to the back of a button and makes sewing on a button so much easier. Sewing a shank at the end of a handmade button also helps to prolong the life of the button.
The technique is similar to a woven picot.
This video is part of a button making course at http://www.ginabsilkworks.co.uk