Finding a Niche or 'I'm a Button Maker'
A few weeks ago, a friend took me to a great little quilt shop in Prescott Valley, AZ. Quilt ‘N Sew Connection www.QuiltnsewConnection.com My friend, Luana, quilts. I don’t but I do love to look at fabrics and how patterns are being put together. I noticed the buttons on the checkout counter and found out some were polymer clay. The owner and I chatted and she said it would be nice to have a local source for the buttons. If you’ve been following my blog posts about polymer clay extrusions and buttons, you know I’ve been experimenting and getting a system that works. I made several buttons (27 to be exact) some are one of a kind and some two of a kind and even 8 of one kind. I was wondering how to package them and came on the idea of using thank you cards from a previous business. They had my logo on the front that I could cut off and attach my buttons with double sticky tape. It worked! I put them in a box and Luana and I went back to the quilt store. I