Have seen a load of buttons knotted individually onto fishing line and each strand of these tacked to a wooden batten and hung at a window.
Bit like a beaded curtain only more stylish and the glass ones and see through ones look lovely with the light showing through them. Would look great in a teenagers room. Could make a lampshade to match too?
I have seen a bag made of ordinary material then covered with buttons. It was in a shop and cost a fortune. you just need all different sizes to cover it completely
Nanny
Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Posts: 4520 Location: carms in wales
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 05 7:12 pm Post subject: buttons
have you ever considered the virtues of becoming a pearly queen denise?
I'll see if I can get the the technique to work and tell you all about it. The info I have says that you need 60g of the former chemical and 30g of the latter, each dissolved in 250ml of distilled water, and you mix them in a dark-ish room.
Soak the fabric in this, squeeze it out and dry it in the dark. Seal it in a light proof box.
For exposure, put it out on a solid surface, put soemthing on top of it that'll have a nice pattern, and carry it into the sunlight for at least ten minutes. It'll turn grey-ish where the sun hits it, that's when it's getting to be done.
Keep washing it till the water runs clear.
To enhance the colour, wash it in 1/2 tsp hydrogen peroxide in a couple of litres of water.