Button and Stitch: Supercute Ways to Use Your Button Stash

by Kristen Rask

Got Buttons? Stitch Them Into Fabulous Creations! &break;&break;Break out your button stash! In Button and Stitch , Kristen Rask shows you how to incorporate buttons into unique gifts, wearables and jewelry. One-of-a-kind projects designed by the author and a variety of talented contributors include a button bouquet, a button blossom brooch and felted buttons. Stitched items include pincushions, coasters, a fashion clutch and more. &break;&break;In Button and Stitch you'll &break;&break;

Genres: Crafts, Nonfiction

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[DeeAnn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not so cute projects.

[Christine · Rating 3 out of 5]

The button jar. Does everyone have a mason full of random, rounded gems? Or is it only me? It's not just me. To my relief (and surprise), Button and Stitch fully addresses makes brilliant use of my decade-long accumulation. Rather than toss them, Kristen Rask suggests low-skill, handmade gifts like a button-laminated picture frame or button-studded photo album.

Heavy duty projects, like Rask's fabric collage jacket, require sewing proficiency but utilize dozens of colorful buttons and scrap fabric to create a fanciful, personalized garment. Others, like her camera-shaped camera case or a multi-button ring, offer a clever way to practice burgeoning craft skills. Many projects make good use of other lightly used objects you may already own, a shrunken sweater, glass condiment jars, an ex-boyfriend's tie. Photo-heavy guides let you glide seamlessly from the materials list to project completion with a pictorial reference at every step. With this level of inspiration at hand, I may not have a button jar much longer.

[Tashaz · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ugggghhh this book was ok. Even though it was about buttons and I love buttons just like the next gal, some of the projects were not really me. Nice pictures though.