Buttons

Buttons

Success Criteria

• I will be able to sew buttons using a needle and thread on a piece of cloth material.

Why do we learn to sew buttons?

The RMS Titanic operated by the White Star Line sank in the Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg with more than 1,500 people died - one of the deadliest sinking superliner.

White Star Line buttons from a Titanic survivor.

Materials required

• Thread and needle

• A pair of scissors

• A button

• A piece of cloth

Multiple Choice

Translate: bottoni da jeans

• Press studs

• Jeans buttons

• Fabric covered buttons

• Worked buttons

Multiple Choice

Translate: bottoni con gambo

• Press studs

• Shank/shaft buttons

• Fabric covered buttons

• Worked buttons

Multiple Choice

Translate: bottoni a due fori

• Press studs

• Two-hole buttons

• Four-hole buttons

• Worked buttons

Multiple Choice

Translate: bottoni piatti/a filo

• Press studs

• Two-hole buttons

• Flat/sew-through buttons

• Worked buttons

Multiple Choice

The number of buttonholes always corresponds to the number of buttons

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Shank buttons do not have holes

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Shank buttons do not have holes

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Where did the word button come from?

• Spanish

• French

• Dutch

Multiple Choice

Who once wore 13,600 buttons on his clothes?

• King Henry VIII of England

• King Charles I of England

• King Francis I of France

Multiple Choice

Why did the Chinese wear five buttons on their coat fronts?

• as symbols of five virtues

• as symbols of five kingdom

• as symbols of five colours

Multiple Choice

Where were buttons used to indicate rank during the days of empire?

• In Hawaii

• In China

• In India

Multiple Choice

How much did Louis XIV spend on buttons?

• Louis XIV is said to have spent $500,000 on metal buttons.

• Louis XIV is said to have spent $600,000 on jeweled buttons.

• Louis XIV is said to have spent $400,000 on ceramic buttons.

Multiple Choice

Buttons are only made from synthetic materials

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Buttons can be functional and decorative

• True

• False

Buttons made from seashell by the Indus Valley civilization in 2000 B.C.

A copper-alloy button dating from the late Bronze Age or early Iron Age, somewhere between 900 B.C. and 43 A.D.

Buttons come in many styles.

Spanish metal button dating from about 1650 to 1675.

18th century buttons.

Campaign button for Abraham Lincoln, 1864.

Black glass buttons - Queen Victoria donned mourning buttons of carved black jet upon her husband Albert’s death, kicking off a fashion among bereaved button-wearers throughout the British Empire. 

Founded in 1938, the National Button Society recognized button collecting as an organized hobby. Today is a celebration day for all button collectors, skilled and novice. #NationalButtonDay

Buttons online game

Buttons and Scissors - Play Buttons and Scissors Online at BestGames.Com

References

• Top 10 inventions of Indus Valley Civilization (historyten.com)

• Buttons and Scissors - Play Buttons and Scissors Online at BestGames.Com

• TYPES OF BUTTONS | 13 main types you will use | TREASURIE

Success Criteria

I will be able to sew buttons using a needle and thread on a piece of cloth material.