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Wednesday, 4 February 2009

Serendipity this way comes...

As you know I make Dorset buttons, and also Dorset button hair snaps. I was playing around with the idea of making a pendant necklace and so had bought some thin ribbon to use.

Well, as often is the case...what I made is not what I planned. I still haven't made the pendant but made another hair snap. However, I am so pleased with the outcome.

Where I would normally use embroidery thread, I used the ribbon and wrapped this around the plastic ring. And the front of the ribbon hair snap, is what is usually on the back of the thread hair snaps. Confusing? I hope not.
The button on the back is also a new idea. I had used a small fabric flower but found, on the ones I made for my daughter, that after a while it looked a bit scruffy. The buttons look pretty and work well.
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2 comments:

  1. Heather Leavers4 February 2009 at 10:22

    those dorset buttons are soooo clever. I'd never even heard of them before seeing yours.

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  2. Bigbluebed4 February 2009 at 10:30

    Thank you. When I first started it took me an hour to make one Now I can do lots in an hour.

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