Button Bracelet

Remember when I said I love bracelets but hardly ever wear them? Well I'm making another one! I just can't help myself. This one is actually for my niece she loves all types of Jewlery. and I thought that she would love this bracelet. This is actually a pretty easy craft and would be a great project for someone who is learning to sew to practice their stitches on!

 

Fun Fact: The 1st buttons can be traced back to ancient Egypt.

 

 

Here’s what you’ll need:

 

1in wide Elastic

 

Sewing Thread

 

Needle

 

 Buttons in the colors & shapes u like.

 

Here’s how you make it:

 

 Cut a piece of elastic that is 2 inches longer than your wrist. Pick out the buttons you would like to use on your bracelet. Try using similar colors, buttons with the same theme (like flowers or bugs), or striped buttons.  Sew the first button on about 1 inch from the end of the elastic. Continue sewing buttons all over the elastic until it is covered EXECEPT for 1 inch at each end. Overlap the ends of the elastic, then use little stitches to sew your bracelet together. Sew over it again & again to make it hold. Cover the stitches by sewing on more buttons.    TIP: If using both shank & 2 or 4 hole buttons, sew on the buttons with holes first, filling in blank areas using the shank buttons.   

 

ENJOY!

Braided Button Bracelet

I love bracelets! I hardly ever end up wearing them but I LOVE them! I know its nuts! Why buy or make things that you aren’t going to wear? Who does that?? Well I do! So this time I’m making a bracelet as a gift. It will help me to feel better about all the ones I have sitting in a jewelry box on my dresser. I could maybe give some of them away, but I always think that I’m going to wear them someday I will I swear, probably the same someday that I wear the 10 sizes to small jeans that are in my closet!

 

Fun Fact: The 1st buttons can be traced back to ancient Egypt.

 

Here’s what you’ll need:

 

Embroidery Thread (I used 3 different colors)

 

Buttons (I used 3 but you could do less or more!)

 

 

Here’s how you make it:

Begin by cutting your threads to the same length. Now I have to admit I didn’t measure my thread first, I probably should have because I had quite a bit of waste! String each Thread through the button holes. Next lay out the buttons in the order you want them to lie. Then tie all 3 threads together on each side of the buttons. (If I was to make this again I would tie a knot beside each button, to give it more stability) Now you braid each side of the bracelet. Tie a knot when your bracelet is the length that you want. I left mine a little long so that it can be adjusted by the wearer they can just cut off the extra and tie another knot!

ENJOY!