Last November my Nan (92 & still keeping well!), gave me a huge old biscuit tin of buttons which she had saved for me. I am sure quite a lot of the buttons even pre-date my arrival in the world! I have been stitching corsages both to list on ebay/etsy and also to take along to a craft fair at the end of this month and of course, these buttons make great corsage centres. I have designed the corsages using petal shapes from some of my vintage 30s and 40s needlecraft books - a mixture of vintage textiles and modern felts which I like. Lots of other sewing at the moment - gadget cosies, tea cosies, little love hearts, tiny boot & bird decorations - so apologies for lack of posts. Some photos of my makes follow. Hope everyone is well. K. x
Ooooh, very pretty corsages. How nice for your grandma to give you those buttons.
ReplyDeleteI know, she was as proud as if she had given me a tin of rubies!
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