Tackling Button Mountain

My crafty mo-jo has yet again failed me

i believe this has a lot to do with the mountain of buttons on my desk

i have decided to tackle the problem before i experience a button landslide

in an effort to re-ignite my crafting

i have been carding up a set of buttons a day

and adding them to my Etsy shop

http://www.etsy.com/listing/94917397/wooden-floral-button-trio

*sold*

http://www.etsy.com/listing/94677073/lucky-buttons?ref=v1_other_2

http://www.etsy.com/listing/94620771/jubilee-fancy-button-set?ref=v1_other_2

http://www.etsy.com/listing/91879238/10-x-filligree-mirror-backed-vintage

http://www.etsy.com/listing/94223991/fancy-filligree-mirror-backed-buttons

http://www.etsy.com/listing/94224187/blue-bunny-buttons

http://www.etsy.com/listing/34900890/cute-and-kitschy-childrens-buttons-and

if you are after any particular buttons please ask

i bet i can find them!!!

Skirt Re-fashion.

i saw a lovely skirt on the internet the other day
it was steam-punk-y with a corseted laced type back
and i thought hmm i could do something like that
so of to the charity shops i went looking for a skirt to re-fashion

i needed to find one several sizes too big
so i could lace the back of it
and found this one for the bargain price of £1.50
in a size 2/3 times too large.
oh dear
when i put it on it wasn't so big after all
which if you saw the ammount of biscuits i've been consuming lately shouldn't have been such a surprise!

anyway it was a really good quality skirt
the fabric is lovely
and as i stood looking at it an idea formed . . .

so i grabbed my tin of pins
and got pleating and pinning

i put in 12 pleats/tucks up one side and
stopped about 10" from the hem

i put two tucks on the other side too
i think it has a neo-victorian look

i like the way the lining shows

i searched through my button stash and found
a matching set of 14 buttons and stitched
up the first side.

the result is fairly soft folds ruching the fabric

does my bum look big in this?!

these are my new christmas boots
they make me want to wear skirts!

after sewing on the 12 buttons and trying it on
i felt it didn't need the two on the opposite side
but i'm not 100% sure on that yet.

so now i have this sticky out bit
i pinned it in several ways but decided that it needs
to be loose at the bottom for ease of walking

at the moment i'm thinking of finishing it like this
would you call it a kick-flare hem?
i'm going to use two buttons and a little elastic
loop to close it
unfortunately that is all the buttons used up
which leaves none for the other hip pleats,
the perils of using vintage supplies!
OR
i could use one of those frog-braid fasteners
hmmmmm
and i might trim the shirt with black ric-rac
what do you think?

lickety split

i did a little bit of sewing today,
years and years ago i used to do
counted cross-stitch,
i was quite addicted to it for awhile
so had a lot of aida fabric left over
and today i had an uncontrollable urge
to stitch this phrase!
i like it BUT i find the fabric very restrictive
if you see what i mean?
i think need to be more free flowing with my embroidery.

{SOLD}
i've been continuing on my mission
to card up and list my button mountain

these blue buckles are from the buckle porn post
from months ago - that's how long it takes me
to get my act together!

http://www.folksy.com/items/256437-blue-buckles-vintage-mother-of-pearl-

*******

i got my puff collar#2 all sewn up, i'm really pleased with it but unfortunately it takes way to long to produce to be viable for me to make and sell :0(
i've bought some more fabric to make another as my daughter wants one, so i'm going to time myself very strictly to see how long it actually takes.
no photo's yet i'm afraid as i've been busy
and today it was too sunny to take photo's
when i had the time!

OnE hUnDReD pOsTs!!!!!!!

giveaway now closed
i will be doing the draw
for the lucky winner
this afternoon :0)



WOW

it's hard to believe that this is my one hundredth post !!
I have noticed in blogland that people celebrate their blog-a-versaries with a giveaway i wasn't organised for mine so i will celebrate my hundredth post instead!

The other day i could handle the mess on my desk no longer,
after there was an unfortunate avalanche when a big tin of pencils made a break for freedom, resulting in a huge crash that woke my daughter and knocked over the piles "stuff" on the floor too!
So i cleared my desk so that i could see the whole of my A2 cutting mat before i got bored and started just pushing the stuff to the edges!
BUT in the clearing process i filled a thrifted jar to overflowing with all sorts of buttons - vintage ones and mother-of-pearl ones, fabric, leather, wood, glass, modern, floral, plastic, metal, animals, plain, fancy, small, medium and large ones!

So if you'd like a chance to win this jar of lovely buttons just leave a comment on this post telling me how you found my blog and why you like it, it's as easy as that, one entry each
and i will pick the winner in a weeks time {18th May}

GOODLUCK!

ETSY shop updated

my new etsy shop has had a really great start - six sales already - i'm so pleased!


If only i could time-travel and buy more of this braid as it has sold out already. I've kept a bit for myself as it is so cute!



today i have added this BIG & GIRLY pink and white selection of buttons and trims, there is a mixture of vintage and modern in this set - i think it would be great for scrapbooking or sewing projects.

i've also added a few more sets of buttons and a vintage brooch.

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6279583

i just opened an ETSY store!

i've only put a few items on to start with and am not sure if the P&P is realistic for overseas but hey i'll soon learn!
i need to sit down and card up a new batch of buttons and then decide which site to sell them from - i now have choices!



"patriotic buttons"



these are really gorgeous and i have already sold some of these privately.



"oil on water"

there's a link to the shop on the sidebar :0)

incywincystitches shop

i am now selling a selection of my vintage carded buttons at http://www.incywincystitches.com/


green glass floral hearts


pink & white glass cute buttons


knotted glass button mushrooms!

please click on my photos for more detail

i have had no luck selling on folksy yet but hopefully once more people hear about it sales should improve {fingers crossed}