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Vintage Ornaments

Rather than work on UFO’s, or current projects, I have started a new project. 

I know…there are some of you who finish a project before beginning a new one, but I am not you (sometimes I wish I were)!

Back in 2017, I came across the Vintage Ornaments Quilt by Cherry Guidry.  For one reason, or another, I didn’t do the quilt along, but I had saved the information.  The desire to make this quilt never left, so I decided it is now or never.  One simply has to make the time to do whatever it is that one wants to do, or it won’t get done.

Making the blocks has been an easy and enjoyable experience.  Squaring them up will be my next task.

Vintage Ornaments

I machine appliqued with a small buttonhole stitch using Wonderfil’s shiny rayon and metallic threads.

Vintage Ornaments

I may have used Superior’s Bottom Line in the bobbin, but I am not positive.  I used a bobbin that had been wound for a long time, and it wasn’t with the spool that I had wound it with.  Whatever it was, it worked well.

Button Letters

I finished sorting all of these buttons.  

Button Sorting

By the way, thank you to those who took the time to comment on my little post!  I learned about sorting by content and type instead of color; and I learned ways to store the buttons, too.  Fun!

Now that I have sorted, and can see what I have, it is time to use them!

I have a letter to represent the first name of each grandchild.  I spent this week glueing old and new buttons to each letter.

Button Letter

Button Letter

Button Letter

Button Letter

Button Letter

This was a fun little project!

Button Letter

 

More This and That

I have completed the stitch reference book.  That is…it is finished for now.  I have a half page of stitches to add to it, but since I am fusing pages together, I will wait until I have more examples that I want to stitch out before adding to the book.

Janome 6500 Stitch Reference

I know the background that I chose is difficult for the camera, but in real life, I can see the stitches and my noted settings quite well.

And I like the color!

Janome 6500 Stitch Reference

I have moved on to sorting buttons.

Buttons are everywhere in my sewing studio, and I want to make use of them.  But it is hard to make use of them when I don’t see what I have.

So I am taking the time to sort buttons by color into clear jars.

Button Sorting

Then I will have to figure out how I am going to store these jars.  I want them out where I can see them…that is the whole point of sorting.  Otherwise, out of sight…out of mind.

How do you store your buttons?  Are they hiding in Great-Grandma’s band-aid box?