And Then There Were Five

I bet you are getting tired of
BUTTONS.
I am doing other things
dyeing
knitting
monoprinting
I am really, but these
 buttons
are very cute!

Button Button

I am still making buttons for Karen's class. I found five embroidered napkins in the linen drawer that I thought would be fun to work with. I think they are from Peru because of the little hats the people are wearing. Each button is an inch and seven eights. Two are finished, one is in work and two to go!

Button With Padded Embellishment

Button number three for Karen's class. The center part of this is about an inch and a half.
I wonder what we will be doing next!

B Button

B Button

1.5"

Needleweaving and French Knots

Tortilla Please

Brother and sister wait for a tortilla!

Buttons

OK. I did join the class.

It was not too late.

Here is my first button.

It is an inch and a half in diameter.

It is bright white, but looks grey here!

PUFFS

And now for something completely different.

I wanted to do something different. I am a bit tired of sewing little running stitches by hand or machine, at least for the moment. I have been following Karen Ruane for some time and I really wanted to take her online class on making buttons and puffs. You can see all this here. However, I didn't sign up and time has marched on etc. The puffs look like they are made from Yo-Yo's. I have known how to make Yo-Yo's for years (haven't we all!) and I recently bought a cute little gadget for making them (I have no idea why!). All this is to say that I decided to make some "puffs" on my own, try out the new Yo-Yo maker while referring to Karen's photos for help. Big mistake. Let me say right here that I should have taken the class! It took me all day to make the ones you see in the photo plus a couple of others that are not pictured. I tried a new method on each one. I stuck myself every time I picked up the needle. My remarks all day consisted of "ouch", #@%*&&" and the like. I think I did everything wrong. One "Puff" is so tiny I could barely hold it. One is too big. None of them are "just right". I don't know how Karen does that wonderful embroidery on hers. I tried doing it before I gathered them and after. I stuffed them too much or too little. What a day. On the plus side, I did learn a lot. One of the things I learned is how much easier it would have been to

TAKE THE CLASS.