Squatty Gets a “Button!”
While DH was getting his eye’s checked yesterday I wandered Old Town in search of a button for Spring Squatty Sidekick. I went to a fabric store I heard a bunch about, but was not very impressed by their service, or their selection of buttons. So then I meandered into a couple bead shops. The woman at the one bead shop was kind of rude when I asked her if she had any buttons. She sniped, “I’m not a fabric store.” However, it seems most of the bead shops in town have some buttons because they often reclaim beads from vintage clothing and they end up with a selection of buttons as well. But, she got over herself and we started trying out some of the large beads to use a buttons. It was a hard call, as there was another bead that looked really nice and was very inexpensive (25 cents) and then there was this handmade dichroic glass bead for $12 that made me think of a leaf.
I decided with the size of the purse, my original though of perhaps needle felting a flower or something was just not going to work and that the closure would be the focal point. So, I chose the dichroic glass leaf bead. Since it had the stringing hole towards the top, it works great as a toggle button and I love the leafy quality it has - perfect for Spring!
Since I’ve gotten quite a few e-mails, I’ll post once again that this pattern is from Avant Knits. She is just starting out, so fill out her form and I’m sure she’ll get back to you with info on obtaining the pattern when it is available. And, if you are in the area, she’ll be teaching a class on it at Woolen Treasures, Saturday Mornings in May.
EDIT: Amanda’s plans have changed and the Squatty Sidekick pattern may become availble through a magazine or book in the future, but as of this time it is only available by taking the class at Woolen Treasures in Loveland, Colorado. I’m sorry!
And NO, I WILL NOT PHOTOCOPY THE PATTERN FOR YOU!
I’ve been in a lot of bead store and almost every one has buttons, so that clerk had no reason to be so snippy. Having said that, BEAUTIFUL choice!! I LOVE dichroic glass and that bead looks great on the purse.
Comment by Renee — 4/15/2005 @ 3:40 pm
It’s an absolutely beautiful bead- It really finishes off the bag perfectly.
Comment by clementine — 4/16/2005 @ 7:57 pm