I love buttons! I have lots and lots, both plain and fancy buttons :) This is just a fraction of my collection, I have more stashed away somewhere where I can't find them right now... I have sorted them more or less by size, but from now on I will have to sort my collection by how many holes they have! I found surprisingly few with four holes... Need to go shopping, hehe. Hmm, I wonder if I can find buttons with three or six holes? They would be perfect for snowflakes!
A while ago I found this cute cross in someone's picture album on InTatters, and when I left a comment I got the link to the person's pattern. But now I can't for the life of me remember who it was! Anyone know her username?
I'm not entirely happy with the color combination of this one (don't really like yellow), but my boyfriend thought it was very fancy, and snatched it away from me as soon as the ends were secured. I think he uses it as a bookmark somewhere :) The thread is Maxi (size 10). Inspired by the button cross I made this a few days ago:
I wanted to make it square (with eight spikes), but I ran out of shuttle thread and decided to skip a few spikes and make a triangular pendant instead. I think it works :) However, here is how I meant it to look:
I'm considering writing out the patterns... Would you want them? :)
Finally I've spent a few days making up this neat little tree:
You can find the pattern HERE. The colors are very pale because I don't have a great color selection in my stash; most of my threads are different sizes and can't be used together... Made with beige/brown DMC perle cotton (I think - the label is missing) and green Opera from Coats, both size 20. The big button is 2cm across and the small buttons are 1cm. This is the most complicated thing I've made so far. I made an extra branch because I thought it would become weird if I didn't, but I guess I should have "trusted" the pattern :p From top to bottom the tree measures 10.5 centimeters.
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I've seen many pieces tatted with buttons, but I've never tried it. The directions looked too confusing. Maybe it's time for me to try again!
ReplyDeleteI have always like Karey Solomon's button tree. I have the pattern too, and her book of buttons and tatting. There is a very good tutorial on using buttons on Jane Eborall's pattern site; as she has a number of patterns incorporating buttons. It is a lot of fun. I have a card of 4-hole baby buttons made of shell (vintage, probably the twenties). They are very small and I'm awaiting JUST the right pattern for them. I have a set of buttons that are red apples that I thought to use on Karey's tree. The Button cross looks really familiar but I can't place the designer. bj
ReplyDeleteYour button cross looks great! The person who did it is Birgit(this was her link, but it isn't working for some reason: http://www.birgitstatting.com/buttoncross.html).
ReplyDeleteYou are creative and I love the tree! :)
Diane: It isn't all that complicated! I haven't followed any instructions on how to add buttons, I just make it up as I go :)
ReplyDeleteBJ: You should definitely make the tree with the red apple buttons! Sounds fun, I'd like to see :) I have looked around for fun buttons like that, but most of them have a post on the back instead of holes and aren't really usable in tatting..
Kid: Thanks :) I already have the link to the pattern, but what I want to know is what Birgit's username is on InTatters, since I first found the cross in one of her photo albums.
Wow, your tatting skills are growing by leaps and bounds!
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