I discovered the joys of quilting when my daughter, Annika, was too small to be around palettes of wet oil paints. Stacks of fabric seemed a cleaner, safer choice. And in Annika’s eyes, a fun choice! One of her favorite activities as a toddler was sifting through my fabric stash, selecting the fabrics she liked best, and draping them around herself like a princess gown. A remnant of shiny blue and silver holographic fabric suited this purpose particularly well. This fabric became the beginning of Annika’s stash. As Annika grew older I added beads and other fun embellishments to my quilts (and our stashes). It was only a matter of time after the beads made their way onto my quilts until the fabric found its way into my jewelry. And Fast, Fun & Easy® Fabric Cover-Button Jewelry was born!
I’m so excited about my new book! It’s all about creating fabulous button accessories from your favorite scraps of fabric and a handful of coordinating beads in just a few hours. Fast, Fun & Easy® Fabric Cover-Button Jewelry is the perfect introduction to beading and jewelry making for quilters as well as fabric introduction for beaders and jewelry makers. Create a charming fabric button necklace, bracelet, purse, pin, or earrings to wear or give as a gift in just a few hours. Or even some embellished fabric buttons to dress up your scrapbooks or quilts. The possibilities are endless.
To get you started on fabric cover-button crafting, try this quick and easy fabric button magnet project. Then try your hand at the embellished button projects in Fast, Fun & Easy® Fabric Cover-Button Jewelry.
Fabric Button Magnets
You’ll need:
7/8” cover button (either the “kit” variety which comes with a tool or the “no tools required” kind)
2-1/4” square of cotton quilting fabric
Scissors
Small pair of pliers
3/4” round magnet
All-purpose adhesive
1). Use the pliers to remove the metal shank. The shank is found on the backplate of the kit cover buttons and on the reverse side of the button front on the “no tools required” cover buttons. Grasp the shank between the pliers, squeeze, and pull.
2). Assemble the fabric cover button according to package directions.
3). Glue the magnet to the back of the assembled fabric cover button. The back of the kit cover buttons is recessed and the 3/4” round magnet fits perfectly inside the 7/8” button. The magnet sits flat on the back of the “no tools required” cover buttons.
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With the wonderful, colorful fabrics of today, covering buttons can be an art in itself. Thanks for the interesting book.
Usually parents love such jewelry for their young ones cuz such covered buttons are colorful but also save in a sense that parents allow their kids to play in the sand with this jewelry; without having the fear that jewelry will be lost or spoiled by kids as these designs are not too much expensive. Fun fabric button magnet is a very handy trick, like it.
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