Just a quickie

Even though the sewing is complete for the jacket for myself for the Goblins and Gears Ball next month, I continue to work on it by hand at lunch time at the office. This allows me to A) get a break from looking at the computer during the day, B) let my mind do something creative and enjoyable for a few minutes and C) frees up my time at home to be able to dedicate it to the sewing machine.

The first thing I did in decorating the jacket, was to make buttons. I had never made buttons or used a mould before. I purchased a mould that looks like a Celtic triskil and each branch of the design are tentacles because I am an Airship Commodore after all.

After putting the clay into the mould, (which took much LESS clay than I had originally thought) I pushed a jump ring into the back to use as a button shank and then baked them according to the directions on the clay packaging.
this is how they turned out.

 I had made 16 of them based on the number of buttons that I used on the first version of this jacket I made back in the spring.
Today at lunch, I spent the hour sewing these buttons onto the jacket. Two in back where the peplum meets the body. Two on each cuff and then 6 down the front.
This left me with a few extras, so I centered one on each lapel tab, and still have two left over that will probably end up on my Garrison Cap.
This is how it turned out

So far so good! Im thinking that if I find some braid/rope/trim that I like, I may add it to the sleeve caps. But Im not going to force the issue if I don't find what Im looking for. Pin It Now!