Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 184, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1915 — BUTTONS NOW IN MOLD FORM [ARTICLE]

BUTTONS NOW IN MOLD FORM

Do Away With Trouble of Sewing, Which Most of Us Have Occasion to Remember.

Have you ever said unladylike things when you were sewing a cloth-covered button to a gown and had trouble getting the needle through the material at the back of the button? Well, you need have no more difficulty along this line, for it is now possible to procure a button mold consisting of three parts. The first part is the regular button mold —a wooden disk —the second part is a flat aluminum back and the third part is a small steel screw eye, nickel plated. The mold is covered in the usual way by first cutting a circular piecd of cloth, or whatever material you desire to use, and running a drawstring around the outer edge. The cloth is then placed over the wooden portion of the mold and the drawstring gathered in. After adjusting the gathers the metal disk, which is provided with an opening, is placed over the back of the button mold and the screw eye is inserted as a shank. The extra thread of the drawstring is then cut off and the button is complete.