Buttons
When creating period clothing you will want to finish them off with period closures. Knowing how to make frogs (or as they were called in the 1500s “frogglings”) or period looking buttons can be important, For example an Elizabethan Man’s Doublet can have 25 buttons, that can get expensive so, if you like handwork you can save money and end up with a much more period looking costume. Frogs or decorative cord decoration were often used with buttons and in that case the button was decorative and the frog was the functional closure.
Covered buttons with decorative stitching.
PDF downloadable pattern and instructions click here
Covered wooden beads with Soutache. Click here for article.
Metallic bead closures click here
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Frogs and Corded Appliqué
A general “How-to” for making corded appliqués and frogs. Click here.
Button topped frogs for Regency woman’s Spencer. Click here.
Gradually sized frogs. Click here.
fleur de lis style frog from two different widths of flat braided cord. Click here.
Celtic design frogs click here.
Frog with Celtic design and spirals click here.