Last night I went to my holiday party and I was so happy I wore the stockings.
They matched great! And my shoes were not stained. Yay!
Onto other things.
I finally got off my butt and finished the sewing of the two tone blouse. I added the cuffs and pressed everything up nice and pretty. Now comes the fun part, choosing the buttons.
I don't know if I've ever shown you all this, but here is my button box.
Some people collect fabric, others sewing machines (wink, wink), me,
it's buttons, and I have a lot.
I wanted to see if I had any chartreuse buttons I could use that would accent that color I have in the fabric. I didn't have very many that could pass,
but I had a couple versions of it.
I'm leaning toward the set in the upper right because they will make the leaves in the fabric pop. Also, they are a good size and there is enough of them for the front of the blouse and the cuffs.
I'll be finished with it today and then I think it's day projects for the rest of the year. Perhaps another blouse, then day projects.
Yay sewing!
OMG, I want that button box!
ReplyDeleteAll I have is a button tray... :(
ReplyDeleteI have a button tin. I have way too many plain white buttons, though. Yawn.
ReplyDeleteWorse, I don't feel like I can justify looking for other, cooler, buttons until I use up some of those plain white buttons.
WOW that's an awesome button box!!!! I recently organized my fabric collection so my husband would stop griping about random feedsacks all over the house and I have been desperately trying to avoid the itch of adding button to my favorite things....
ReplyDeleteThe button box is not for the faint of heart. I've had a few friends attempt to go through it and get rightly overwhelmed to the point of exhaustion. :)
ReplyDeleteYou should have seen my reject box, it was about half this size.
I limit my button collecting to buttons on cards. It's easier for dating and I don't have to go though tins of old moldy buttons, yuck!
You look so cute and sassy in the photo! As for buttons--why is it when I need x number of buttons for a project, my button box(es) only yield x-1? Oh, and I agree about your choice for the blouse--the green really makes the print come alive. Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteMy Mom has a very old tin full of old buttons. I loved it as a kid, just trying to match the buttons. I would have a hay day in your button box!! Awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteI agree with the upper right buttons and those stockings turned out so cute! You've inspired me to try out dying on mine soon :)
ReplyDeleteNancy
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I have a few buttin jars
ReplyDeleteWow, that's quite a collection of buttons! I've got my collection stored in a couple of old Christmas tins.
ReplyDeleteThe blouse looks lovely. What a great use for a beautiful remnant. I'm inspired and now won't be so hasty passing up remnants I see in thrift stores.
I just love the 2-tone blouse. And I feel like maybe I should kneel down before that Temple of Buttons. wow!
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