tutorial: fabric covered buttons, using a button (badge) machine

by craftapalooza on July 11, 2008

in Whip-Up

This is fabulous! Sweet little tutorial…now, just gotta get myself a badge making machine….anyone got recommendations? Leave a comment!

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1 D R E W July 11, 2008 at 9:04 pm

yay! thanks for the link.

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2 rebecca July 11, 2008 at 9:40 pm

I got the badge-a-minit starter kit w/ the hand press and I was getting like 3-4 good buttons out of every 10 I tried to make. I can only guess that the “bench press” versions work better. Good luck!

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3 amanda July 11, 2008 at 11:57 pm

We got “The Amazing Button Machine” a purple plastic contraption at Hobby Lobby for our five year old who was very into buttons. I looked into something ‘better’, but they were just so expensive I didn’t think they’d get enough use to justify the purchase. That said, this has worked great for 100+ buttons and is simple enough for a barely-five-year-old to figure it out for herself, so you probably can too ;)

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4 Melissa July 12, 2008 at 12:15 am

I bought my Tecre machine from ebay seller ‘buttonsafari’ and I recommend them!

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5 barbara July 12, 2008 at 6:17 am

in the olden days we used the button forms that came at the fabric store and used a hammer- that always worked fine and was cheap, her tip to use sticker to the fabric would make it easier to keep from pulling though.

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6 Miss Dot July 29, 2008 at 9:18 pm

apparently you can use the machine at Keith and Lottie?

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