Downsizing

These are 18mm fabric-covered buttons. The ones I used to use were 27mm buttons. I wanted to use smaller ones so I could pair two covered buttons with some coloured elastic that I found. These were so much fun that I'm out of 18mm buttons now though I still have a few more colours for the elastic. Hmmm, should I match the fabric to the elastic or the elastic to the fabric. Maybe the former 'cos I have lots more fabric than elastic, LOL!

Have a blessed day!

What happened to your magnets?

LOL! This was what a friend asked when I told her I'm making scrunchies now.

DD and I were at West Mall when we saw kiddie scrunchies going at S$3.90/pair and I commented that I could match that price and use better fabrics.

My first try was a failure. It didn't make it to the blog.

My subsequent ones were a struggle. This is because I want to have nice clean seams and so wriggling a piece of narrow fabric around and twisting it to the right position wasn't easy. :-(

Till I found an easy way out. Sigh, it's so simple. Well, I could have used the bodkin.

Anway, these became easy to make. I made them while watching X-men Last Stand. It's the nth time I'm watching so I could miss some parts to go sew and return to flip the scrunchies etc.

DD likes the mini ones. Which type do you prefer?

Have a blessed day!

ps: To answer the initial question, well, magnets are still around. I just don't take pics of everything I make. I'm also waiting for organza bags to arrive so I can pack them.

Huggable for a Rilakkuma fan

This is one very huggable bolster and case for a Rilakkuma fan. I had to jump queue to make this 'cos the fan's birthday is this Sunday. Sorry! To those whose orders are still pending. I'll be able to craft more next week when DD goes back to school after a 2 week break.

Refill pack for someone who already has the cover button mould and pusher. This is a mix of normal buttons and 'flat' backs. I removed 12 shanks out of the 21 buttons so that the magnets can be stuck behind. E6000 is not included but these magnets come with a sticky patch that can be used instead. I prefer E6000 'cos the bond's much stronger but for a normal magnet, the sticky patch should be ok. 

This is a starter kit for fabric cover elastic hair ties. Another Rilakkuma fan (not the same one as the bolster owner though). 

Have a blessed day!

Make your own : fabric-covered hair tie kit

This kit contains almost everything you'll need to make your own fabric-covered button hair ties. It's just short of needle and thread to help you get the elastic through the loop at the back of the button. You can try to squeeze the elastic through if you don't have needle nor thread.

There's a fabric cover button kit. You can get this from Daiso. This one comes with its button-making kit. There's also the refill kit at Daiso. Daiso has both the green and blue pushers but I prefer the green 'cos the mould that comes with it is transparent and you can see if the picture is centred. The blue pusher has an opaque mould.

I also included 15 elastic hair ties. Extra for just in case. Besides, it came in packs of 5, LOL!

I cut 11 pink hexagons. All different, all cotton-linen blend. There are also 4 circles from Lecien's Happy Chihuahua.

All you'll need is just the tutorial here.

Have fun!

ps: I'll be coming up with a scrunchie kit later. Very useful for classes or get-togethers, but DD doesn't seem to like my idea of a pendant making party, LOL!

Tutorial - Elastic hair tie with fabric covered button

1. Gather your items for making the fabric covered button - lime green cardboard disc for measurement of fabric circle to cut out, clear plastic mould, green pusher, button cap and bottom, fabric circle (already cut in this case. A note about cutting the fabric that you'll want to centre the cardboard disc so that the picture you want is centred.

2. You'll need the mould, fabric circle and button cap.

3. Place the fabric in the mould and the cap on top and press down.

4. Fold the edges in neatly. Press tightly.

5. Flip over to check that the picture is as desired, else redo steps 3 and 4.

6. Place the button bottom on top of the folds like in step 4.

7. Press the pusher on top till you feel the button bottom click into the cap.

8. Pop the fabric covered button out of the mould.

9. Gather elastic, needle and thread. If your elastic in a long strip, tie a knot first so you have a loop.

10. Thread the needle through the loop of the button bottom, through the elastic loop and back through the loop of the button bottom.

11. Pull just a bit of elastic through.

12. Remove the needle and thread and thread the larger loop of the elastic through the smaller loop and pull tight.

Email me if you get stuck at any of the steps.

Have a blessed day!

Dual purpose buttons

These are fabric-covered buttons with elastic attached and voila.... elastic hair ties :-)

I've had these buttons lying around for a while. I had elastic too but I saw these black ones when I went out for breakfast this morning and thought it'd be fun to attach to my buttons.

Yup, indeed, a simple, quick and fun project.

Make your own fabric-covered buttons with a kit from Daiso. You'll just need some fabric scraps and elastic. I think I'll make more of these soon. Especially with DD keeping her hair long :-)

Have a blessed day!

Someday I'll get round to them

I've been collecting business reply envelopes for a few years. I didn't have anything in mind when I started collecting. Just thought they'd come in useful one day. I wonder if there's a way to tell them that I don't need these envelopes since I don't pay by cheque. Anyway I think there're about a hundred of them and I took 15 to make 3 accordion files.

This is mine. I'll upload a pic of the side / inside when I take the pics tomorrow. I don't know how to use this camera in dim lighting as yet :-(

The envelopes were already sealed so I didn't have to seal them but just slit a bit off the top so they become pockets. Stuck 5 of them together, stuck them to the cardstock, strung the elastic and rounded the corners of the cardstock and voila! My new folder for vouchers. This way I'll keep all my vouchers in 1 place and hopefully won't let any expire like last time.

Have a good evening!

Afternote, the other 2 accordion files...