Category Archives: Buttons

Snow & Sew + The Sensormatic

Posted on February 13, 2013 by sarah

Well, Nemo has come and gone, leaving dirty slush in his wake. But oh what a glorious couple of days I had snowed in with the sweet husbeeste, dog-beeste, and Aeon, the Pfaff Creative Performance sewing machine. I’ll show you … Continue reading →

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Weighty Topics

Posted on December 15, 2012 by sarah

You may have seen some of our new notions packaging at the shop.   While some notions packaging is superb, like our adorable pin tins, most of it is, shall we say, uninspired? Plastic wrap and ugly hangtags are no … Continue reading →

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Who’s got the…

Posted on February 1, 2011 by sarah

As John mentioned, our casein didn’t work out too well. Basically it was vinegary cottage cheese, which is fine if that’s what you’re into. I looked for solace in other craft materials and settled on polymer clay.  I was skeptical … Continue reading →

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casein failure and the value of making things.

Posted on January 31, 2011 by John

So I posted last week about a neat idea, or anyway what seemed like a neat idea at the time: making buttons out of homebrewed casein. It didn’t work. There were several problems with actually making buttons out of the … Continue reading →

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Making buttons. From scratch.

Posted on January 25, 2011 by John

“Scratch,” in this case, is milk and lemon juice or vinegar: their powers combine to form casein, a material that starts off easily moldable and then grows very hard. Well, there’s really only one thing to be done when you … Continue reading →

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