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<title>I Make Pinback Buttons</title>
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<p>A very simple guide to how I make a pinback button</p>
<p>by Courtney von Nieda</p>
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<h1>What is a pinback button?</h1>
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<img src="images/variety.png" alt="Various pinback buttons" /><br />
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin-back_button">According to Wikipedia:</a> A pin-back button or pinback button, pin button, button badge or simply pin-back or badge, is a button or badge that can be temporarily fastened to the surface of a garment using a safety pin, or a pin formed from wire, a clutch or other mechanism. This fastening mechanism is anchored to the back side of a button-shaped metal disk, either flat or concave, which leaves an area on the front of the button to carry an image or printed message. The word is commonly associated with a campaign button used in the United States and abroad during a political campaign. The first design for a pin-back button in the United States was patented in 1896, and contemporary buttons have many of the same design features.</p>
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<h2>Why buttons?</h2>
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<img src="images/1inch.png" alt="One inch baby shower party favor buttons"/><br />
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My favorite outfit topper as a child was a big, round, purple glitter button with COURTNEY across it in white letters. I loved wearing it and telling people it was my name. It was just a fun memory I had, that I wanted to recapture. So in 2011 I got my first pinback button machine and started making buttons as party favors.
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<h3>Pinback Button Equipment</h3>
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<img src="images/machines.png" alt="Pinback button machines"/><br />
<p>To make a pinback button you will need a machine specifically made for the job. These machines use a 2 step process where pressure is used to connect the front and back pieces of the button.</p>
<p>While automatic button machines are used by large companies, most buttons are made with desktop hand presses.</p>
<h4>Equipment Needed</h4>
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<li>Button Making Machine</li>
<li>Round Button Die Cutter</li>
<li>Artwork for Button</li>
<li>Mylar Circle</li>
<li>Metal Button Base</li>
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<h4>Designing Pinback Buttons</h4>
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<img src="images/maps.JPG" alt="Pinback button faces made from 1950s atlases"/><br />
<p>I like designing buttons using a variety of materials that I personally enjoy. I love to collect old books & maps, so I prefer to make upcycled designs for my buttons using these books. It does destroy books to do this, but it also makes a single book a small, bright wearable item for hundreds of people.</p>
<p>You can also use any manner of digital illustration to make round shapes. I use Adobe Illustrator to design my printed buttons. My designed buttons are primarily sold through <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/sweetgumparty">my Etsy store</a>.</p>
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<h5>Squash it!</h5>
<p>Once you have your supplies and your artwork you set it up in your machine.</p>
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<li>One side of the machine has a ledge for holding the button front. Place it edge side down into the ledge then place the artwork face up on top of the button front.</li>
<li>Place the artwork face up ontop of the button front.</li>
<li>Place the clear mylar over the top of the artwork.</li>
<li>Push the arm of the machine back to the center and then rotate the artwork until it's correctly centered.</li>
<li>Rotate the arm so that the other button cup is now in front and your button front is under the press.</li>
<li>Place a button back into the cup with the non-edged side up. Center this to the middle as you did before.</li>
<li>Pull down on the press arm to press the button front, rolling the artwork and mylar over the metal front.</li>
<li>Rotate the arm so the button back is under the press.</li>
<li>Pull down on the press handle to press the back of the button into the front, finishing your button.</li>
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