Here’s another set of buttons.
Trying to come up with some new designs for the buttons. The ladybug button was a totally disaster. Poor thing got squished. No one wants to see a smashed ladybug. It’s not pretty.
Three more pin cushions. The button on the left one if a new one too. I didn’t want to make a bunch and find out they look terrible. It has a big ball of glass on the top. I’ll be making more of these in different colors.
I’ve been bouncing around finishing up a lot of things this weekend. I’m still working on more beads and buttons for my cousin’s quilt show. Here are a few more.
Shank style buttons with a cherry design on them. They kind of look old-fashion to me.
Kitties!! That one on the end has a flat head. He kind of looks like Iggy with the fat cheeks.
My mom’s quilting teacher gave her a little pin cushion. It’s really cute. She got the pattern and is going to make me some to sell at the craft show. Here’s the first few.
Aren’t they cute? I’m going to make the buttons that go on them and try to match them to the fabric.
Still making things for my cousin’s quilt show. These are a few more buttons I made.
I’m going to try to make a couple more heart buttons and more cherries too.
I had these left over copper bangles from my unsuccessful attempts at enameling them. I decided to wrap fine silver wire around them and melt the silver in partially. I was going for a rustic look and the do look rustic.
The one on the bottom is wrapped with a thin gauge of copper wire before wrapping it with fine silver wire. I thought the copper wire would give it more texture without the added cost. The top one is just wrapped with fine silver. These are really easy and quick to make.
This is my attempt at making a bracelet using the box beads. This isn’t perfect, I learned a lot of things not to do on this project. Still it’s good enough for me to wear. Hopefully my next one will be better.
This mostly copper except the silver bezel cups for the cabs.
I’ve been steadily making things for my cousin’s quilt show. Since I have no idea what they want I’m trying to make a variety of different things. First up is buttons.
I’m planning on making a few more of these since only a couple match. These are fairly small.
I started out making the two buttons on the right. I realized the frit would look better on the bottom of the buttons, that’s when I notice I got a round blob when I melted off the glass rod. They kind of look like a kaleidoscope.
Just a couple of purple and white dot buttons. I’ll probably make more of these in different colors.
Now, a few beads…
More birds. I like making these. They are really fun.
Bunnies!! Two white ones and two pinkish blush ones. I was getting tired of making all white ones.
A set of round beads that have glass shards applied to an opal yellow bead.
I finally took Sara Sally’s class. It was a blast!! She’s so much fun and a great teacher. Everyone had fun in her class and we all finished at least one piece, if not two or three. Here’s the brooch I made in her class.
Two different views. I wasn’t going to make mine this big but it’s hard not to keep adding components. This was a totally awesome class!!
I added a glass cabochon to the top of this box bead. I want to make more of these, but maybe string more than one on a chain. This one looked kind of lonely so I added the copper heishi beads and it still looked plain. That’s when I added the ribbon and now it’s too cutesy. Not sure what I’m going to do with these yet. Back to brainstorming….
I finally finished my shawler. It’s a pattern by Shelle Hendrix. It’s kind of a shawl, kind of a sweater. This one is crochet, but I knitted the cuffs.
Front and back views. I made the glass button on it but I forgot to take a close up picture of it. Dud…
I finally got them done!! I still want to make more. They are addicting. I was to try adding other design elements to them. I’m still designing the necklace these beads will go into. Hopefully it won’t take me forever to get it done.
The fronts and backs have different etched or embossed designs on them. I’ve lined the beads up so all the holes are horizontal in the picture.
