Button craft – ”Button Buddy” OWLS and other cute creations in button craft

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”Button Buddy” Owls

 

I really do seem to be feeding my button-fest mood at the moment, every shop I go into which sells buttons has my custom almost guaranteed !!! Along with the thousands of vintage buttons I have in my collection I have been adding many new ones too. I just love to create and what better than with the odd button or two…or three…or four and more… and other bits and pieces (most people would throw away) too! :-).

My ”Button Buddies” range started a few years ago, when I went to a button flower craft workshop, everyone was making button flowers – except me- I wanted to create something much more exciting and individual, so I set about making little characters instead. At the end of the class, people sat with their creations in front of them. Needless to say, mine were not anything to do with the class and entirely unique! Yay!!! Since then I have been incorporating each and every indivdual unique button character creation into many different things, these deep box framed wall plaques are another in my range

Cushion Covers – ‘Dillon the Dog’ – Handmade, Designed Patchwork and Quilted Cushion Cover

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‘Dillon the Dog’

Here is another of my doodle designs for hand applique.  I always like to stay original and create my own patterns. This little dog character cushion cover was created at the same time as  Cushion Covers – ‘Dennis the Dog’ – Handmade, Designed Patchwork and Quilted Cushion Cover . Whilst some of the patchwork cottons are the same the two are still quite different and definitely unique.  Once ‘Dillon’ had been hand stitched to the centre panel, coordinating border strips were added, the whole front panel was then hand quilted and matching old buttons added for decoration. Another characterful feature cushion cover!

Cushion Covers – ‘Dennis the Dog’ – Handmade, Designed Patchwork and Quilted Cushion Cover

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‘Dennis the Dog’

Meet ‘ Dennis the Dog’ ! This is one of my designs for applique, I have used it before as posted in Handmade patchwork dog cushion cover though as you will see they are both totally different. Like my artwork I like to make things again but differently, so everything I do is always unique. You will notice ‘Dennis’ has been flipped over, which changes the design again from ‘Donald’ and a very different colour pallet. With the background of the light fabrics being a very pale green, then picking up the purple from the tiny flower printed cotton for the outer border. ‘Dennis’ was hand appliquéd onto the centre panel and then the whole cushion cover was hand quilted. Old buttons were sewn on for eyes and colourful finishing touches. I think ‘Dennis’ is just as cute as ‘Donald’ – But then I suppose I am bias!

Cushion Cover – Handmade Patchwork and Quilted Cushion Cover

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Buttons with patchwork, Colourful handmade cushion covers, Cotton patchwork fabrics, Creative crafting, Handmade cushion covers, Handmade feature cushion covers, Handmade patchwork cushions, Patchwork and quilting by hand, Recycling Old Buttons

Taking my fabric challenge to item number three! Cushion Cover

As you can see its another handmade patchwork and quilted cushion cover, though now the fabric is getting quite diminished after the two shopping bags. The colours I chose were inspired slightly by the new range of colourful illustrations I am working on, and I must admit the outer border cotton is so soft and velvety I rushed back to the store to purchase the last remaining small piece. Even if I never use it in the future, I can always give it a quick stroke! Continuing too, with the flower button theme,  in order to recycle old buttons.

Doorstop Dumpies – ‘Hamish’ – Doorstop Dumpy

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‘Hamish’ -Doorstop Dumpy’

Another of my handmade and designed doorstops in a patriotic red white and blue check, decorated with old buttons and a brass nose ring. This generous Doorstop Dumpy Pig was a present I gave to my Son, He was the one to give him the title of ‘Hamish’.  Hamish now proudly holds open my son’s bedroom door at university, when he’s not busy, welcoming with open arms and allowing his flatmates to come and go freely!

Personalised – Gift Ideas – Handmade Wall Hanging – Personalised

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Personalised Gift Ideas

Above is another example of making a gift a little more special, by personalising it. This little patchwork and quilted handmade wall hanging has a little bunny and balloons appliquéd. I made a little pair of trousers with a little bib, embroidering the initials onto the bib as well, and a little plaid shirt and collar to go underneath. The centre panel was surrounded with soft cotton check flannel and then cotton canvas on the outer border. I added two brass rings on ribbon to hang on the wall and finished with coordinating old buttons.

Bags – Handmade Patchwork and Embroidered – Shopping Bag

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‘Handmade patchwork shopping bag’

Setting myself a challenge, I went shopping for fabric, on a cheer myself up day.  Above are the seven cotton decisions I made (NOT counting the plain cream, which I already had) Careful consideration was put into them all being compatible, but also contrasting. Choosing the colours was only part of the challenge to myself. I wanted to see just how far, and how many functional/decorative items I could make with just half a metre of each fabric. (So far I have made two shopping bags, both different in size and design and two cushion covers both different again of course! But carrying on the button flower theme with them all.) They will be posted another time. There are still some fabric scraps left  which I am sure will reappear again, to be used in future projects!!

The flower button, patchwork and quilted shopping bag above was the first I completed from my set of seven fabrics challenge. After piecing it all together, I embroidered a border in stem stitch all across the centre panel and then hand sewed old buttons to make it look like a colourful flower border. As I had made the bag in one continuous width, there is only one side seam. Inside I gave the bag a multi pocket, including one with zip and added a magnetic clasp to a small over flap to secure, and finally long straps, either to wear diagonally or on the shoulder. Patchwork made stylish, colourful, fun, functional and unique.

Personalised – Handmade designed and quilted Cushion cover

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Personalised for a christening gift

This little cushion cover has been made and personalised as a gift for an upcoming Christening present. Not only is it already unique, a simple handmade gift can be made ever more so by adding the date of birth and names to the item by hand embroidery. The design is one of my own, which I have reused for this particular gift,  though all the fabrics are different from ones used in the past, therefore no two are ever the same. The little tractor, scarecrow, sun and the crows are all hand cut from felt then hand appliquéd to the centre patchwork panel over the farm and field scene. The whole cushion cover was hand quilted in the ditches to add texture to the fields and I added little flying birds by stitching simple lines.  Recycling old buttons was a finishing touch for the scarecrows jacket, tractor and trailer wheels!

Cushion Covers – Pink Patchwork – Cushion Covers

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Perfect – Pink – Patchwork

Having accumulated quite a bit of pink cotton fabric scraps I decided to make the most of them by turning them into patchwork cushion covers. Arranged in candy stripes and little patchwork squares, I also added some preprinted heart squares to the mix as they coordinated perfectly in the grand scheme of scrap bits. As a little extra I added a little lace trim and some matching old buttons to finish off!

Still not having used all the scraps, I carried on and made another unique pink cushion cover, again trimmed with lace offcuts and old buttons. See below!

Button Craft – Recycling Old Buttons – Trinket Box Button Craft

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Recycling Old Buttons

Having acquired probably thousands of old buttons over the years, my main idea is to give them all, at some point, a second chance. Recycling them, usually not in the way they were designed to be used, as fasteners on clothing, but as decorative and creative pieces of artwork. Also in this section, of Button Craft, you will see my original idea of creating little character “Button Craft – ‘Button Buddy’ Brooches – Recycling Old Buttons ” as Brooches and on Button Craft – My ‘Button Buddy’ Characters. This little wooden box has been covered with what we now consider to be out of fashion old brass and pewter buttons. On their own they seem worthless, not so, now arranged as decorative and beautiful on this little trinket box!

Below are other little trinket boxes covered in Recycled Old Buttons