Here comes the Sun
Carol of Just let me Quilt had organized another great blog hop. Our prompt this time was to create something sun related. I went through a number of ideas, but kept coming back to the same one. At m6 quilt retreat this spring, we had a demonstration of Dorset Buttons by a couple of the embroidery ladies. They thought maybe we quilters could use them for embellishments and gave us each a kit to make two. When watching the demonstration I thought watching it was mesmerizing but couldn’t see myself making them. A couple weeks later we had a teacher wellness day and one session was an hour of doing your own crafts. I wanted something small enough to take to work so I took my kit and realized they were fun and the small ones weren’t nearly as time consuming as I expected. I am starting to make some into jewelry and wreaths and hoping to sell at some local craft events. Several of my early buttons My first Dorset Button When I made the pastel wreath, I thought it would take a d