Mother's Day Present for My Mama

My mom loves buttons. Loves. Buttons. I saw this idea over on Pinterest (which the original source saw over at the American Crafts blog) and knew I had to make it for her.

She loved it!

It's super easy and is such a fun way to use up the treasure trove of buttons that I have. I see a very large R for Rothery coming up for home!

All I did was use WordArt in Microsoft Word to create this. Just open word, select WordArt, and choose the outline shape.

Then use a good, bold font. I used AR Julian. Stretch it to fit the size you want. My frame was 8"x10", so I made my letter 7" tall. ::Note: the below example is not 7" tall, but you get the idea::

Then I just traced the letter onto a piece of fabric (Kona Natural, I think?), and stitched the buttons on with a gold thread. If you've got a cache of random buttons you have no idea how to use, I highly recommend this. They don't have to match, and it's such a lovely and charming gift for that button-lover in your life. :)

xoxo,