Day 232 : Secure

 

Day 232 : Secure

Today's button was a long time in the making - about 20 years perhaps...

The ribbon is a silk tablet woven ribbon - an end from a brocaded piece that I did I'd say 20 years ago. Simple, plain weave to start the band and establish the width, but it looked so nice and shiny I kept it, along with of course my own little sample of the brocade work. 

The ribbon slider is made of PMC silver clay. It was intended to be one half of a clasp to make a ribbon necklace, the other half having hooks to go into one of the loops. But the hooks were not made well and broke before I even finished firing the piece. The slider itself would have worked for a little bracelet perhaps, but that wasn't what I intended so it went into one of my sample boxes. 

And the brown fabric covering the mould is just one of those fabrics. The last of it. I made a waistcoat and project notebook - and a couple of buttons this year have seen a bit. I *might* manage a little button with what's left... I don't know why I like it so much. It's just brown. What can I say? 

Size: 20mm / 13⁄16" / 32L

Day 224 : Quandry

 

Day 224 : Quandry

Today's button has a little tablet woven piece stitched to a covered button. This could be a neat way to make a button to match a woven strap. I quite like it, although I would need to secure it a little more if it were to be used on anything!

Looong day today. The last of all orders were set to go out. We have sat at the unit all day waiting for the couriers to collect. And they didn't. Of course. Because it is hot. I reckon someone decided not to come to work today! So annoying, as now here will people who won't have their orders as quickly. So the plan for the button I will work for tomorrow (as it was meant to a chilled sort of afternoon) has now got to change. I'm a bit tired out.

Size: 21mm / 13⁄16" / 32L

Day 199 : Enfold

Day 199 : Enfold

A little bit of tablet weaving for today's button. I'm working on a set of instructions to go with our new loom kit (due in August) and thought, how can I make the weaving into a little button? So, a toggle it is. 

I've used No 12 perle for the weaving, so the band itself isn't too wide. 

Size (length) 30mm / 1 1⁄8" / 46L