More Buttons.....

Although I was rather sloth like on Sunday I did manage to finish stitching my green & blue buttons onto labels to complete another picture. In addition to the more subtle colours of the first collection completed last year, I wanted to do further selections of my favourite buttons! So I now have arrangements of pink/red/orange hues plus the green/blue/turquoise versions.

Some of the buttons I remember from particular coats & jackets belonging to my gran.

I think the rest of Gran's buttons will stay in the tins until I come up with another idea!! Although I have now started my own tin - it may take some years to have enough to create anything with them?

Gran's buttons....

Finally finished my picture using my gran's old buttons which I mentioned on an early post....

Many hours we spent as a child playing with these buttons; sorting them into colours & types. It's nice to have a permanent display of them which I can enjoy everyday.

Baileys visit

On Sunday we finally managed a visit to Baileys!

Wow what an amazing place.... for those of you who have never been it's well worth a visit. Situated on the outskirts of Ross on Wye in amazing converted farm buildings they stock all sorts of useful & desirable stuff!

The picture illustrates our purchases...the cork floats I'm going to frame, the little cute dustpan & brush is ideal for keeping my bench clean & the mother of pearl button as inspired me to once again sort through my gran's old button tins... more on that later this week!

Take a look at the site: www.baileyshomeandgarden.com

I think regular visits will be a must from now on after all it's only down the M50 from Worcester!

Komaneko cat animation

Yesterday afternoon Sarah & I went to see a brilliant film called 'Komaneko' about a film making cat! Apparently this is from a Japanese TV series and the film was shown at No 8 in Pershore as part of The Travelling Picture Show tour of the West Midlands.

The story entails Komaneko making an animation with handmade creatures which inspired me to make my own version of a fabric kitty!

Last night I spent a couple of hours sewing my 'Komaneko' as I've christened her....sewing is not really my thing but I was driven to finish her. I've used a couple of old buttons from my Gran's old tin & the cat fabric is a piece of felted packing blanket.

Over the weekend I'll attempt to make a dress from my old 70's orange & brown flowery curtain fabric....?