You don’t need to have polymer clay experience or an arsenal of tools at hand, to make a set of buttons that perfectly match your handknits. Read my tips and then watch the video to see how it’s done.
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Easy Polymer Clay Stitch Markers
I made a set of stitch markers from some polymer clay canes, and I made a little movie about it. Click through to see my two-minute film and learn how to make your own customized stitch markers for your knitting projects!
Read More: Easy Polymer Clay Stitch MarkersReplacing the Ink in a Polka Dot Cottage Pen
If you use your pen a lot, there may come a day when it runs out of ink. That’s annoying, but fixable. There’s no need to discard your lovely pen, just because the ink isn’t flowing! Learn how to replace the ink in a polymer clay pen, and continue to enjoy it for years to come!
Read More: Replacing the Ink in a Polka Dot Cottage PenConstructing Successful Retro Canes
The Retro Cane has been around for some time, but there are tricks to making it really pop. Learn how to build a Retro Cane with great contrast in colors you love.
Read More: Constructing Successful Retro CanesNew life for polymer clay canes
Turn that last stub of your favorite millefiori cane into a repeating digital pattern and give it infinite new purpose!
Read More: New life for polymer clay canesSalvaging the Rustic Buttons
So you have a set of polymer clay buttons that you love, but they’re not thick enough for your purposes. Use this method to build up the thickness of your old buttons (or any flat polymer tile).
Read More: Salvaging the Rustic ButtonsHow to make rustic buttons even when it all goes horribly wrong
Sometimes a technique doesn’t go as planned. And sometimes you press on anyway, and end up with something different but better! Here’s how I made my green rustic buttons.
Read More: How to make rustic buttons even when it all goes horribly wrongYarny Buttons: Heathered
Remember waaaaaay back in October when I showed you how to make buttons to match your tweed sweaters? Well, I’m back, as promised, to show you what to do if your yarn is of the heathered variety. Many of the steps are the same for the two types, so I will refer you back to […]
Read More: Yarny Buttons: HeatheredYarny Buttons: Tweed
If you’ve been reading along here in the past week, you’ll know that I made these woven tweedy buttons to match my tweedy sweater. Want to make some of your own? Read on! [A note about tools: If you are brand new to polymer clay, you should still be able to do this technique, however […]
Read More: Yarny Buttons: TweedBeginner Button Class – Using your leftover scrap clay
So here we are at Week Five. We’ve learned how to make four different types of buttons, and we have a small pile of “scrap” clay leftover from the last two lessons. Today I’ll show you how to use techniques we’ve learned in class to turn those scraps into a nice little pile of bonus […]
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