I've got the buttons!

February 19, 2018 4:15 PM

What garment should I make with these buttons?

For the first time ever, I bought the buttons before planning the pattern around them. I adore these little sweeties. There are only five of them, boo.

I can knit, crochet, and sew any fabric. I'm good, but not great, at deviating from existing patterns. I've kind of done the Irish cable sweater thing already, though I'll consider a really amazing pattern. Advice on what color to use is helpful too. Who would have thought one could fall in love with buttons? Thank you!

posted by Melismata to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (9 answers total)

I would use them for a side-buttoning A-line skirt, if you like skirts, in a denim or a grey or a solid jeweltone. Or put one at each sleeve and two at the collar of a sweater, and make a brooch out of the fifth.
posted by blnkfrnk at 4:53 PM on February 19, 2018

What first popped into my head was a jacket in a rich blue or teal with a diagonal placket similar to this (in terms of diagonal, not color or necessarily other aspects of style).

I think they could be fun with a classic blazer but I'm not finding the google images to go with what's in my head.
posted by bunderful at 5:32 PM on February 19, 2018

A coat.
posted by loveandhappiness at 6:02 PM on February 19, 2018

I can see why you love them! How about a lovely waistcoat? To me they look brass-tone, and I think they would look great on burgundy or dark green. Or charcoal grey.
posted by Pallas Athena at 6:18 PM on February 19, 2018

I had a flash of a retro-80’s jacket that was a refresh of Janet Jackson’s Control album cover, and then I saw bunderful’s link & will second that.
posted by childofTethys at 8:03 PM on February 19, 2018

Wrist warmers or fingerless gloves, in peacock blue, with two buttons on each cuff.
posted by Iris Gambol at 8:33 PM on February 19, 2018

A cape.
posted by vunder at 9:31 PM on February 19, 2018

Ooh ooh I like that Vogue coat! What color and texture would work?
posted by Melismata at 5:13 AM on February 20, 2018

Seconding a cape or capelet, you have just enough to do a little closure at the top. And you could do it in lace or cables or garter or whatever you like, with or without a collar or a hood.
posted by fiercecupcake at 12:17 PM on February 20, 2018