The last time I talked about the body pillow knitted cover, all that was left was to attach buttons to the back to close it up.
When I was planning how to finish this off, buttons were the obvious choice. But, I did not knit button holes into the piece. I figured with the yarn as bulky as it was, I could find buttons that would easily fit through the knitting.
I went out and bought large buttons.
And they turned out to be too large.
But when I figured out how big the buttons should be, I realized that I had those buttons in my stash.
Those are vintage buttons. Which should be obvious when you see the price was 29 cents.
I attached them while watching The Gilded Age.
I'm not 100% satisfied with how this whole thing turned out, but I was determined to be done. Except, while writing this blog post, I realized that I could make extra buttonholes (by crocheting a loop along the edge), use the large buttons, and perhaps close this up better.
This is good enough for now. If I choose to do this again, I would start all over and just get enough yarn to cover the whole thing. But, I'm contemplating redoing those buttons. Maybe.
It'll be January if I do. For now, this works.
I have other projects to keep me occupied for the foreseeable future.
The pillow cover's progress in blog posts:
I like the vintage buttons
ReplyDeleteI have a lot of vintage buttons.
DeleteThose are beautiful buttons! I love that package too. Very, very vintage!
ReplyDeleteYup, I've got a few more of those.
DeleteIt looks so squishable! I wish I had it right now!
ReplyDeleteLooks comfy.
ReplyDeleteThe pillow looks great. Like Lisa, I really like the buttons.
ReplyDeleteIt definitely works as is. Well done.
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteIt is an interesting system for close this clothes and It works with eficience really.
ReplyDeleteThanks.
Delete29 cents, those were the days! That's when sewing patterns were 35 and 50 cents. Long long ago. I think crocheting the loop is a good idea. That's probably the route I would go if I were making it. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
ReplyDeleteYeah, maybe. I'll decide if I'm going to change that later. For now, this works.
DeleteInteresting how a pillow cover gave you a series of blog posts.
ReplyDeleteAny project that takes more than a week (which is most of them) will give me all sorts of blog fodder.
Delete29 cents - these buttons may be almost as I am! (Well, probably not as old as I am). This must be a record for "most posts from a single project" which isn't a bad thing, especially as you may have at least one more post coming.
ReplyDeleteLikely not. I just don't always collect them into a list of all the posts. Like, I should gather all the posts for the seven (and a half) years cardi.
DeleteI wish I had a sewing machine here in Florida. There's quite a few projects popping up. Happy Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteIt's not hard to acquire one ;)
DeleteLooks lovely :)
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteMan, I thought I wrote here last night. I think it looks really good and most feel comfy
ReplyDeleteThe comment is not in spam, so maybe some weird glitch? I've had times when comments I typed just poofed after I hit "publish".
DeleteYour cover is beautiful, Liz. Cool buttons, too.
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteWell done Liz - I too like the vintage buttons ... glad you've finished it - even if it is only until minor alterations next year - cheers Hilary
ReplyDelete