Have you ever found, bought or inherited some pretty embroidered vintage linen?You look at it think, 'thats so pretty'
Then you realise you just don't use little dainty embroidered napkins just the normal paper ones from Ikea!
Here is a quick way of reusing the linen.
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Buy plastic buttons to cover with fabric, mine are from the local haberdasher in the market. (about 14mm in diameter).
Place on your fabric and draw a rough circle round your choice of pattern. (I like two matching patterns but thats just me)
You may have to do some adjustments to get the shape you want so that the edges look reasonably smooth.It will look like this on the reverse side. Its time to put the plastic backing onto the shank of the button.
Once the back is firmly in position (you can also put a blob of E6000 glue [or similar] on before the backing for added security) then I use a sharp craft knife to cut part of the shank away to ensure you have a fairly flat area to put glue so you can stick the button to a hair clip. If you wanted to use the buttons to embellish a sewing project do not cut off the shank!
I got a collection of different buttons together that match well and found some pretty metal click hair snaps. (I chose some that had a plastic coating that don't snag in your hair). I use E6000 glue (but many others are available!) It is just that it does the job efficiently and I don't want the buttons coming off the hair clips.
So there you have it a quick way of making use of old linen and
these clips would be good for friends going to festivals or for little girls for dance or gym class. They make really good stocking fillers and you have time to make before Christmas. Just add a couple to some pretty birthday cards you have kept for recycling.
Hope you enjoy making them and please let me know how you get on.
Clare x
