About Us

We could be asked to make a single button for a wedding waistcoat or thousands for a hotel refurbishment. From Saville Row to Paris Fashion Week, our work will give your garments and soft furnishings a unique and polished finish.

Established in 1982, we provide a hand crafted and prompt button covering service for dressmakers, bridal designers, couture houses, soft furnishers and upholsterers.

Our hand-made buttons are covered in the customers own fabric, from fine silk to heavy tweed. We offer a wide range of styles and sizes and are happy to follow specific design requirements. Our covered buttons are made using aluminium, plastic or canvas and can be washed or dry cleaned following usual fabric care instructions.

WHO HAVE WE MADE BUTTONS FOR?

You will find our buttons on theatre props, sailing boats, furniture, handmade gloves and shoes, wedding gowns, tailored shirts and military uniforms. Our client list is long but here are a few:

  • Royal Barracks, Windsor
  • 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow
  • Cheltenham Film Studios
  • Theatre Royal, Plymouth
  • Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
  • Norwich Cathedral
  • 2012 Olympic Games in London
  • St George’s Chapel, Windsor
  • Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
  • Royal Shakespeare Company
  • Glasgow School of Art
  • BBC Drama

Ethics

We hope you will be delighted with your buttons. We are happy to return excess fabric (with additional postage paid) but with a workroom full of unused materials we are keen to reuse and recycle. Local community textile projects and primary schools are delighted to have donations of our fabrics and to give them a creative new lease of life.

WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT US

We have used Button Covering Services for nearly twenty years and are always impressed by the speed, accuracy and professionalism of the service. Caroline makes the most beautiful buttons which show off our haute couture garments to full advantage.
Antonia Pugh-Thomas
Antonia Pugh-Thomas Haute Couture,
London
As a professional upholsterer who has used Button Covering Services regularly for many years, I cannot recommend them highly enough. They have every conceivable button option and are flawless in their preparation of buttons. Service is fast, with completed buttons frequently returned to Scotland within two days of postage.
Jonathan Conkey
Guild Antiques & Restoration Ltd,
Glasgow
I’ve used Button Covering Services for longer than I care to remember… its a wonderful service, the buttons are always back with the return of the post and beautifully made, with care and attention. I can’t say any more than that.. perfect product, perfect service, perfect price, pretty much all my garments leave my shop with those buttons attached somewhere.
Mette Baillie
Freja Designer Dressmaking,
Edinburgh
At J&M Sewing Ltd, we hold a Royal Warrant and are therefore very conscious of maintaining high standards of work in making bespoke items for our customers. We have used Button Covering Services for years. We have always found their service entirely satisfactory, with a prompt turn-round and their work is a great benefit to us in satisfying the demands of our particular clientele.
Stephen Wroe
Director
J&M Sewing Service Ltd,
Newcastle upon Tyne