The Old Button

“Hand crafted gifts in new and recycled fabrics, embellished with hand embroidery, applique and buttons. ”

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  • Christmas Stocking - Retro Golfing Santa

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  • Bunting - Santa on Holiday and Mr Fox with Bow Ties

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  • Christmas Stocking - Retro Santa on Holiday - personalised

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  • Gift tag personalised hand embroidered wool felt

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    £5.00

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  • Love Peace Joy Christmas card - with holly berries, hand embroidered upcycled

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    £4.00

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  • Hearts Christmas card, hand embroidered upcycled fabric

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    £4.00

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  • Dogs Christmas card, hand embroidered upcycled fabric

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    £4.00

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  • Upcycled Christmas Stocking - romantic winter scene pink red white hearts

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  • Playmat castle play scene toy

    Playmat castle play scene toy

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    £48.00

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  • Toy, Dragon matching pairs memory game in felt, UKCA safety tested

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    £25.00

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  • Nursery Wall Art - Dragon Mini Quilt Banner - can be personalised

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    £25.00

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  • Felt playmat - reversible ice and green land fairytales - with optional toy bag

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  • Reversible Bunting - Space kids and Cowboy Santa - retro theme

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  • Felt playmat - reversible meadow and fairytale landscape with optional toy bag

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  • Child's drawing hand embroidered fabric picture - gift for parent, grandparent

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    £30.00

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  • Santa Sack - Winter Wonderland Present Bag SALE

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    £27.00 £18.00 (33% off)

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  • Customised Christmas Stocking - hand made to your idea

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    £38.00

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  • Christmas card - Fairy, based on my hand embroidered design

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    £2.00

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  • Bunting - Nativity reversible to Birds, Green, Orange Aqua prints

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  • Christmas Stocking - Retro Nativity Baby Jesus

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  • Christmas card - Nutcracker, hand embroidered fabric card

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  • Christmas Stocking - Nutcracker - can be personalised

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  • Reversible Bunting - Christmas Nutcracker and Summer Brights

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    £20.00

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  • Christmas Santa Sack - The Nutcracker

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    £27.00

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  • Child's Apron - Nutcracker Pink, Red and Aqua Flowers - Reversible

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    £20.00

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  • Bauble Retro Christmas Decoration hand embroidered felt - can be personalised

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    £10.00

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  • Pigs in blanket - felt decoration with Welsh Wool Blanket

    Pigs in blanket - felt deco...

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    £8.00

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  • Children's Adjustable Apron - Eco Messages: Stop Climate Change

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    £16.00

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  • Key ring, wool felt hand sewn with applique and embroidery

    Key ring, wool felt hand se...

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    £8.00

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  • Brooch, wool felt hand sewn with applique and embroidery

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    £8.00

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  • Sewing organiser and needle case - organic cotton and wool, can be personalised

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    £12.00

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  • Mug mats fabric coasters - Farm animal theme

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    £7.00

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  • Fairytale playmat quilt - personalised toy gift for child, customised play scene

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    £85.00

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  • Embroidered hoop art - DRAGON

    Embroidered hoop art - DRAGON

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    £20.00

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  • Bookmark, Dragon village fabric backed with wool felt

    Bookmark, Dragon village fa...

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    £3.00

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  • Travel toy, Princess matching pairs memory game, UKCA safety tested

    Travel toy, Princess matchi...

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    £25.00

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  • Bunting - Christmas Cowboy Santa retro theme, reversible to space kids

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    £20.00

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  • Christmas Stocking - Retro Christmas Cowboy Santa

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  • Childs Apron with Pocket Reversible Cowgirls and Mother Bees

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    £20.00 £16.00 (20% off)

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  • Christmas Stocking - Southwest Santa, can be personalised

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  • Embroidered hoop art - Tiger Roar Green

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    £20.00

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  • Embroidered hoop art - Tiger in the meadow

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  • Felt playmat - reversible open ended landscape with optional toy bag

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  • Bookmark, forest village fabric backed with wool felt

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    £3.00

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  • Child's Play Mat Travel Toy - Moon Landing scene - UKCA tested

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    £38.00

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  • Kid's Apron - Space and flying machines - reversible customisable

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    £20.00

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  • Spaceman rocket card for child in quilted fabric - blank

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    £3.00

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  • Bookmark, space astonaut fabric backed with wool felt

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  • Greeting card for child Princess in tower - blank for any occasion

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  • Embroidered hoop art - Rainbow Unicorn

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  • Child's Apron - Unicorns and Love Birds, reversible and adjustable SALE

    Child's Apron - Unicorns an...

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    £20.00 £16.00 (20% off)

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  • Unicorn mini cushion - appliqued embroidered felt

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    £20.00

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  • Mermaid cat card for child in quilted fabric - blank

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  • Reversible Apron for Kids - Rockets and Vikings in Blue, Orange, Green

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  • Reversible Bunting - Vikings - reversible to Santa's Elves

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  • Child Toy Travel Play Mat - Under the Sea Play On The Go Play Scene UKCA

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    £38.00

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  • Santa Sack - Elves Christmas Present Sack - can be personalised

    Santa Sack - Elves Christma...

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    £27.00

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  • Reversible Bunting - Santa's Elves and Vikings

    Reversible Bunting - Santa'...

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  • Christmas Stocking - Santa's Elves, can be personalised

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  • I-spy placemat activity toy

    I-spy placemat activity toy

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About The Old Button

The Old Button

Fresh ideas with old fashioned quality; fun gifts for the young - and the young at heart!

I’m Sharon, also known as The Old Button. I live in South Wales with my fantastic husband and a black and white cat called Felix. Not very original I know, but that was his name before we adopted him, and he certainly looks like his namesake Now retired from the NHS and with my grown up kids having flown the nest, my “me” time is sewing and designing – I used to make stage costumes – and gardening.

The name, The Old Button ( Y Hen Botwm in Welsh), is inspired by a box of old buttons my grandmother gave me when I started making my own clothes as a child. I have sewn as long as I can remember - tackling anything from wedding dresses, to making over 300 cistumes in one season.

Through The Old Button I design and make an eclectic mix of hand crafted items for children and the home, using both new and recycled fabrics embellished with hand embroidery, applique and buttons.Although I really like working with vintage materials, I especially love combining traditional techniques such as patchwork, applique and hand embroidery with modern contemporary prints and vibrant wool felt.

I want to encourage people to start sewing and have recently started a range of sew it yourself kits. I am hoping to expand these, and offer patterns and kits for my children's play scenes, as well as other applique projects including my wall art pictures and my Christmas Stockings.

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