I learned how to make Dorset Buttons yesterday at our monthly EGA meeting . These little buttons are so much fun to make! We only got three rings so that's how many I made. If I would have gotten more I'd probably be still making them. One nice thing is that they are very forgiving. I made countless mistakes on my first one and you can't tell. A quick google revealed lots of websites with historical information and tutorials on how to make them so I'm not even going to try to describe the process. Some people made their buttons with yarn, others used perle cotton. One of the examples had beads on it, so once I got home I had to find some beads to sew on. That's it for now. I'm going to be keeping my eye's open rings to use. I'm also going to have to go through my yarn stash. Using yarn gives a totally different result and I want to try some yarn ones too.
Erica's Stitches - Stitching and Quilting
These sort of remind me of the commerical with the eyes on the money. I think it is Geico, but I could be wrong. That is funny!
ReplyDeleteThe first face wasn't intentional. I walked by at noticed the face staring at me.
ReplyDeleteI'll admit it, the second face was staged. It would have been fun to make more faces but I had other things to do.
Put down the needlework for a while - you've obviously been staring at it too long!
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