“See how neat that looks,” said the King to Margaret when it was sewed on, as she and Stitcher wound the thread round and round underneath the button to make a shank for it to play on, and then fastened the thread.
Ornamental shank pearl
“A pretty way to sew on pearl buttons for trimming is to come out one hole every time and go in the other three from it like this,” he said taking his toe and pointing on the button.
“Now for that bone button, clumsy but useful,” said the King. It had two holes and was sewed on the under-waist, with the thread doubled, the same way as the pearl one.
“Now for the pretty pink pearl!” cried Sir Bodkin who was very fond of that color. Margaret brought her dress and the button which was cut with a shank on it. It belonged down the front of her dress in a row with many other buttons.
“This goes on very much like the shoe-button, but doesn’t have to be sewed so strong, for it is only an ornament,” Sir Bodkin explained.
Bone
