A Hole In One

Actually they both had holes, but I fixed one.
Can you believe that?
I actually replaced a sock heel!
I am so impressed with myself.
 It looks a little drawn up in the photo, but the new heel
 fits perfectly!
 I am anxious to do the other one.
It wasn't that hard and well worth it
as the socks were not very old.
 I just used the wrong yarn for the heels.

Some of these things are not like the others..

Dorset Buttons

on a printed and stitched piece

used as a temporary background.

Here are several Dorcet buttons. I see a couple of them ended upside down! Oh well. They are all pretty obvious. The multicolored ones are made with hand dyed commercial thread. The pastel pink one and the blue one are made with Pearl cotton that I dyed myself--the pink is with a plant dye of some kind and the blue with indigo. The blue one has a double ruffle of buttonhole stitch. The second row is worked with two stitches in each space. The pink one has a "filler of rayon thread. The plain beige one (oh darn it is upside down also!) is done with this really old Pearl cotton from England that I found in the thrift store. It took me half a day to unravel it and then I got it off center! The thread was so fine it was like doing it in sewing thread. I don't know if I will try that one again!.

Morning has broken...

More Toggles

These toggles are addictive as are all the buttons really. I dreamed about them last night and one of the things in the dream was a ball button made out of pieces of left over thread. I had to make that one right away this morning. It needs a little work, but I think it has some possibilties. What do you think? You are probably just tired of buttons. I am working on other things, honestly, and I will show some of them soon, It is just that I have never taken an online class before and it has been so much fun. I am sorry that it ends this week. I will miss everyone!

Who's Got the Button

Are you tired of buttons yet?

The class is almost over, but I had to show you the latest.

We are now doing

toggles.

These are going to be fun, although they are harder then they look.

Seeing Eye Brooch

Here is the ruffled button (1 1/2 ") made into a brooch.

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!