Monika was wondering about the button mold process for polymer clay, from my previous post, so I thought I'd take a moment t explain. I bought the putty from Michael's for around $20 I think. It made all these molds with lots left over. It's as easy as could be and the molds come out very flexible, like rubber. Place the polymer button material into the mold, pop out, and bake. I buffed the finished button with my denim jeans. I have made several batches of polymer clay buttons over the years because I couldn't find the right color for my projects.

This cute baby kimono was made with Trekking XXL sock yarn and should be machine washable. The buttons are handmade polymer clay buttons I just made this morning. I made about three skinny snakes of three different colors and twisted them together over and over and then broke off button size pieces and pressed them into a button mold I had made a while ago and then baked them. I buffed the finished buttons on my jeans to make them a little shiny and reamed out the holes, since they were too small. All in all, it's an adorable little sweater! The pattern is Cheryl Oberle's Little Hanten and is published in the wonderful book called Sock Yarn One-Skein Wonders.

Buttons

So here are the other buttons made during our button workshop. They were made with molds, which our hostess so kindly made beforehand out of Amazing Mold Putty. The mold is flexible.

Crazy Button Tile Necklace

My knitting group had a spectacular workshop to make polymer clay buttons. These buttons were a joint effort by Julia and me and were really fun to make. However, I sort of knew in my heart that I really wouldn't use these as buttons, although they are pretty nice for something. I did not have a project in mind when we made them. So I thought I would try a necklace. Very very simple design using C-lon thread in brown. I figured that I would simply cut it apart if I need the buttons!

Buttons, Buttons, Buttons

I mixed and mixed colors until I got something I liked, and then played with different ideas. The spiral button which is posted first, is the winner and is already sewn on the coat. I like all of them actually but the spiral one, done with a skinner-blend coil, is my favorite.