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This is one of the Button-Ons by True Colors Crafts. It's a square of aida with the edges finished (hemmed) and button holes in each corner. The idea is that you stitch this baby, and then can use it to embellish a tote bag, sweatshirt, pillow, framed piece, etc. by buttoning the stitchery onto the background. If you stitch more than one of the Button-Ons, you can change out the stitchery each season (or at your whim). The kit comes complete with the buttons and other embellishments, too. Since this was a fairy/angel, the kit came with a button-like face, ribbon for her hair, and curly hair as embellishments. The floss was not pre-sorted, and there were 21 colors (some very similar), so that was a bit of a pain to sort out. There was plenty of most colors of floss — I have lots left over. But I did supplement a couple colors from my stash. It is DMC floss though, and matched up well. I stitched in a fashion that used a lot of floss, so I don't feel like the company "stiffed me" on the floss. The aida seemed of rather poor quality, even as aida goes. But I've stitched on worse. The hems raveled a bit. The chart seemed rather small, so I did make an enlarged working copy. I decided to finish my Button-On as a pillow. This is a real casual pattern, so I made the pillow out of my husband's old jeans. It's the first time I've made a sofa pillow, too, and was very pleased with the outcome. The pillow is too big to fit comfortably on my scanner, so I have a (sloppy, pieced-together) scan of the stitchery up above. I did take some photos of the pillow, though, and hope to post a better image after the film is developed. I took my pillow to my local EGA's Christmas party, just to show it off. One of the gals, Alice, really seemed to take a shine to it. She says she collects angels. Since I stitched this piece with no recipient in mind, I offered the pillow to her. She gave me the best reaction! Really made me happy to give it to her.
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