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| A combination of buttonhole stitches. The large circle is so called cutwork - which I learned at Karen Ruanes button class. A small piece of another fabric is being fixed from underneeth with buttonhole stitches. I made a double row so unluckily enough it can not be seen very well. |
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| The Paisley design: I filled it with lacy buttonhole stitches in different colours |
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| Again lace to the inside and beads in the middle The lace business is keeping me occupied - I love it |
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| This is now a really big one - I found this lace in my basement Of course, I knew that there is a box full of treasures - but when I stored it I had no use for it at that time. I simply had to use it for this kind of enormous brooch. Who knows, maybe I will wear it sometime in summer. The middle is painted cotton which I made a few weeks ago. I cut out piece and sacrificed it for the purpose.  Another one a bit more modest. There is printed silk in the middle. |
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| I registered for Karen Ruanes "Buttons and more" class. And that is what I made up to now. Now I know that I should not, never, baste with colored thread. The band in the middle is needle woven with added buttonhole lace. A few French knots and spider web and to fill the space - some seed stitches. |
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| Again needle weaving with a triangle of buttonhole lace. Everything very small - my button will be 2,9 cm large. |
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| A large spider web in two colors on a piece of old, used linen. |
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| Another spider web - I started in the wrong way but the effect is not so bad. My first experiment. It looks somehow colorless - the whole thing is ecru. |
