At the local thrift store, I found two different types of buttons to cover with your own fabric. One from some company I have never heard of (Prims) and another set was made by Dritz. One of the packages was horrible and one of the packages worked really well.

Horrible results front:

Horrible results back:

This is an odd shot of the horrible package:

The sole reason these sucked is because no matter how hard I tried, I could never get the backing piece to snap in (see the back of the purple failed button). It didn’t seem to matter how thick or thin my fabric was -the back piece would not snap. Even attacking the button with pliers didn’t do anything but smash the button. I tried a different way to use them, essentially disposing of the wire that made it a button.

Good results Front:

DRITZ Wins! I forgot to take a picture of the back, but since I have more – I’ll post another shot later.
I really love vintage buttons and findings for sewing, but sometimes it’s not what you bargain for 🙂

I think I might be using craft pudding’s tutorial from now on though – seems like a lot less fuss than the kits.

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