Dream Book Design

How To Make A Button Cover

Yesterday I showed y’all how we made our own tufted headboard, and now i’ll show you just how ridiculously easy it is to cover your own buttons. When J and I decided we were going to do this headboard we thought we were going to have someone cover the buttons for us. We had heard that you could find a shop that does them as cheap as a few bucks a button. Initially thinking that the project could be hard, I called around a couldn’t find a place willing to do them. This left me with thinking “what the heck, I could probably do this myself”. Um, ya. Covering these buttons was about the easiest thing i’ve ever done!

Supplies:

  • Button cover kit 
  • Fabric
Here is the simple step by step process. This process is also on the button cover kits box, but I want to show y’all so that if any of you were apprehensive about DIYing thing, now you’ll know how easy it is.
Sidenote- I totally forgot to take a photo of the actual kit, but here is what the re-fill kit looks like:
Step one: Using the plastic circle provided, trace out as many circles as buttons needed.

Step two: Cut out all circles {very tricky, i know i know;) }.

Step three: Place your fabric centered on top of the rubber mold. Place the shell over the fabric, and push in.

Step four: Fold in the fabric and place the back on. In kits, it comes with backs that have hooks, and smooth backs as well. For the headboard, we needed the backs with hooks.

Step five: Use the pusher to secure the back to the button. This requires some strength when using a thicker fabric.

Step six: Take out of the mold, and your finished! You successfully just made your own button cover. How freaking easy is that! And cheap!

I hope that this encourages any of you out there that had the mindset that I did. I cannot believe I almost paid someone to make these for me! So simple, and yet they look totally professional!
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Comments

  1. Chelsea says

    Ooh, helpful. Your blog gives me encouragement to dive in and get going on projects all the time. I think I just never know how easy/difficult a DIP project will be! xoxo

  3. adrianne says

    Chelsea- That makes me so happy to hear. Now get to work;)!
    Kat- I got them at Joanns. They didnt have plastic button cover kits {which is usually better for a thicker fabric} but they had the metal ones. You can always try Amazon too. Hope that helps!

    <3,
    Adri