Hi Everyone, I'm Shari Fuller from Thimbles and Acorns. Welcome to part two our Miniature Millinery series on the Mortarboard Cap. If you look at the top of a mortarboard cap, you will see that there is a small fabric covered button attached to the center of the mortarboard.
Not only does this button add a modest bit of decoration to the otherwise nondescript top, it also has functional purposes in helping secure the top to the cap AND providing a place to hang the tassel from. We'll talk more about the tassels next time. Today, we are going to
focus on making this cloth covered button.
Normally, I would use a cloth covered button blank to make my cloth covered
buttons, however, I moved into a new sewing studio a little while back and now I can't find my box of button blanks. No worries though, this just gives me an opportunity to show you how to make a cloth covered button from a standard shank or flat button.
Materials List
For this Project you will need:
- Scrap of fabric from your Mortarboard Cap
- A plain 1/2” wide shank or flat button
- A plain flat button for inside the cap
- Thread
- Buttonhole
- Thread
- Needle
- Round toothpick
- Tape measure
- Fabric Marker
- Scissors
Looking for another use for a cloth covered button? You can find these featured int he Thimbles and Acorns Carrie patterns too!
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