Welcome to Accentrica Shop! Just getting the shop set up now, so pardon our dust! It’s not much to look at for now, but wait ’til our decorator gets here! Gonna be a comfy place to look for the perfect touch to complete the look you’re after whether it’s vintage buttons, glass, jewelry or unique handmade pieces. Collectors, crafters and savvy selective shoppers will find the right finishing touch they’re after! Stop back in a week or so and see the changes or with a little more time you’ll find we’ve unpacked everything and set it out for you to browse through. You can bookmark us now or wait until we’re all set up, either way you’re welcome to make yourself at home!
Optional Presser Feet for Singer Sewing Machines
Presser feet change the way your sewing machine handles fabrics as you sew. These presser feet add variety to your machine’s many talents and help speed up the best results for any project. When you need more than a straight line of stitching, presser feet are the tools that make that difference. These are all in stock and ready to order from SewingMachinesPlus. Check through and let us know if there is something specific you need.
No question that Singer is one of the oldest popular brands around when you think of sewing machines. For over a century they have been in homes around the world as well as commercial and industrial settings. Reliable equipment that keeps on humming away for whatever kind of work you have at hand from zippers to fine seams. The presser feet to add on for specialized work help you speed up your tasks and finish with the professional look you have in mind.
Metal Buttons
Metal Buttons are used for their strength, beauty and variety in color and design. For heavy duty work pants you don’t want fine fabrics and decorative buttons; when Levi Strauss first introduced his work pants made of heavy canvas and reinforced with rivets they were not made for style or comfort as much as they were meant to hold up to tough conditions. His use of metal buttons was sheer practicality. Today you see variations on those metal buttons are still in use.
Metal buttons are more often thought of as decorative in today’s fashion designs, used extensively on coats and jackets where they offer a classic and even quasi-military look or can add an aura of glamor and luxury. Even some plastic buttons have a metallic finish to offer the look of metal at a lower cost and lighter weight.
Like plastic buttons, metal buttons come with either two or four holes or may have a shank for attaching them. Metal Buttons are most commonly made by stamping the design into metal which is then formed and attached to the base. They may be cast but that is a much more expensive process and for that reason cast metal buttons are rare.
As we get our buttons organized and classified we will be adding a gallery of various buttons, the metal buttons will probably be the first in our gallery as there are fewer in the collection. Any of our buttons can be bought to complete a sewing or handcraft project.
Common Buttons
Common buttons are classified by material, size and structure or connection option. The common plastic 4-hole buttons shown here are 1/2 inch in diameter.
These buttons are attached using the four holes which allows them to be sewn to a fabric backing using a needle and thread. Other buttons may offer a two hole attachment or attachment with a shank. That allows the button to be attached without showing the thread used. For strongest button attachments use a double thread. Before finishing, wrap thread around the attaching threads under the button. This gives the thread an extra layer of thickness to hold them stronger. An old secret is to use unwaxed dental floss because of the long, strong filaments.
Four hole buttons are the most common, white is the most common color and plastic is today’s most common material for buttons. So we can say these are an example of today’s most common buttons.
The value of buttons relates directly to their scarcity, the material and craftsmanship of manufacture and design and their age. Common buttons such as those shown here are used to replace missing buttons that match or to create a new garment or artpiece.