Today was Mother's day and I spent a lovely afternoon covering buttons with my Little Person. A satisfying and almost medatative way to use up fabric scraps (and to chill out after a late night sleepover!). My Little Person enjoyed selecting what fabrics to use and combining them with a handful of coloured hair elastics we had on hand. She also took the initiative of taking some plain white cotton and drawing her own designs to make some of the large buttons. We used 19mm and 45mm buttons - the larger of the two make a real statement when worn.
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This is an easy and satisfying project, and the results are quite delightful. As good as a bought one! There are plenty of tutorials floating around the internet or simply follow the instructions on a pack of self cover buttons from your local sewing store. But make sure you have a self cover tool and cutting template to make life easy (many packs come with this). When designing her own button, my Little Person used the cutting template as a guide to make sure her drawing fitted the finished button.
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