Button Up, It's Getting Springy Out There!

There were/are quite a few birthdays in my family this month. For my sister (in law) Maura, I decided to make her a button bracelet as she has wanted new jewelry and loves home made gifts. I decided to make another bracelet to sell in my etsy shop. I'm also making one of these and it will soon be up on my etsy shop too -


This bracelet is made from buttons I got in the infamous tin of buttons from my dad's mother, Grammy if you will. I felt this would connect Maura even more with our family and our history to make her feel more a part of us, in case she didn't already. She liked it a lot, I'm happy to report. So, if you want to get your very own, hurry to my etsy shop noooow! You too can own a little piece of the Adams' Family Legacy collection TODAY!


Kidding aside, these bracelets were fun and easy to make. Here are step-by-step directions for those of you brave enough to do this on your own, thanks to Creative Kismet.


What you need:

Embroidery Floss- (I used DMC® Metallic Embroidery Floss)
assorted buttons (any kind)
glue
scissors
ruler
2 -Light-medium twisted beading needles (you may not need these)I make my bracelets roughly 7-8 inches long. You may want to measure your favorite bracelet to get a better length for you.

1. Cut off a 1 yard piece of embroidery floss. Put a dab of glue on each end and twist each end to a point and allow to dry. This will give ou a semi-rigid “needle” for threading through the buttons. If this doesn’t work for you, you can use a beading needle to thread your buttons.

2. Arrange the buttons you will be using in a 7 inch line with small spaces(1/16) in between each button.

3. Take embroidery floss, fold in half, make a loop (big enough for last button to fit through) and tie a knot. You can add seed beads first to make latching on/off easier.

4. You will have two ends of the string in which you will weave in and out through the buttons in opposing directions. This keeps the button from twisting and flipping over. Use the following diagram.

5. Weave one button at time, knotting in between each button making sure to tug tightly on the thread, until you get to the last buttons.

6. There are 3 options for finishing off the last button.

For option 1 and 2 you will be taking the thread through the button then finishing it off with two knots directly behind the button right next to the first two knots. For the third option, you will just take the thread through the button holes and do a double knot on top of the button. Trim the excess thread and add a dab of glue to keep knots together.