This new clergy stole features 433 vintage buttons sewn in a wavy organic river pattern. It's the newest stole in my Etsy shop: Shadrach's. It weighs 10.7 oz. I made it while visiting with family over the Thanksgiving holiday. I loved making the flowing design.
If you have a minute to "Pin" or "Favorite" it on Etsy, that would be great. Thanks!
The buttons are from the 1800's and 1900's. Old saved buttons eventually end up in rummage sales, where I find them. Some are ordinary, others are interesting, like the bovine bone buttons with 2 large holes. Some of the buttons are square. They are mostly white and off-white, with some brown and a few other colors.
These buttons represent the history of the people who wore them to school and work, to worship, to weddings and births, in illness, at sea, and possibly in the Civil War. Interesting to think about.
Love it -- can imagine buttons used this way on an art quilt.
ReplyDeleteThat would be fun to do! So many possibilities.
ReplyDeleteQue bonito y original diseño!!
ReplyDeleteCool. I love the various button sewing on stitches.
ReplyDeleteWhat a clever idea. I have collected lots of buttons too, but not sure why! I think I vaguely remember some craft where I needed lots of them, and my mother used to recycle them too. Mine are sorted by color and kept in one of those little tool boxes with clear drawers used for nuts and bolts. Every once in a while I look through them. Did you make this as a commissioned item?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the cyber love.
ReplyDeleteWow! Gorgeous.
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