… I made another flower brooch today. It’s a little smaller than yesterdays version with a different number of petals. This time I used one fabric (Amy Butler’s Martini in yellow) and there was no indecision about the button. I think the colours are nice, fresh and quite spring like…. I think it’d look lovely [...]
Today I’ve been making a flower brooch for a tutorial I’m writing for the shop newsletter. There are a few ‘I can’t decides’ attached to this flower because I can’t decide if it’s too big…. and I can’t decide which button; which style or which colour to use. Time to walk away for a while [...]
This has been a week with poorly people. Colds again! Haven’t we done this already? It’s only October. Didn’t we have our colds quota in September. All that mopping of the fevered brow… Do I need to allot an amount in the family budget for cold remedies, tissues and all that paraphenalia? Time to get [...]
I’m trying to get to grips with free motion quilting. You know, feed dogs down, attach the darning foot etc etc and off you jolly well go…. meandering, drawing, painting with thread across fabric. No particular rules – just freedom! Yay! Don’t believe them! it’s not that easy, you have to practice, or in my [...]
Don’t tell me I don’t give you a good time on holiday, now help me wash these buttons. Look at all these! What a lot! It took a while but I think we uncovered some treasure – lots of unusual and interesting buttons. They were a ‘donation’ fron one of Mr Primrose’s new ‘found’ cousins. [...]
Sorry! I couldn’t resist the title. My two little buttons have morphed and this is what they became. The blue one became the middle of a yo-yo which I trimmed with a little ric-rac. I think it looks quite olde worlde, vintage like . Nice simple touch to add to a t-shirt. The little burgundy [...]
Forgive me, bit I’m just a little fixated on buttons at the moment, don’t be concerned – I’m sure I won’t come to any harm but I do absolutely have to share. It is completly possible to create beautiful unique buttons by isolating just a part of a pattern motif of the fabric – but [...]
Fabric covered buttons I love buttons. Any buttons! They’re useful and pretty ….. what more could you ask for? You can buy/beg or otherwise get hold of some beautiful buttons these days. Sometimes though the best button is the button you created yourself! Cover them with your favourite fabric, either solid colour or patterned, embroidered, [...]
