Alternative for real buttons December 20, 2007
Last week my mother asked me to shorten a RTW blouse. This blouse had an unusual closure which I think is worth to share. The “buttons” were made from bias cut fabric and shaped like small flowers. The flower “buttons” were closed by fabric loops and the edge where the buttons are attached had a cut on underlay extension.
That’s a lovely closure alternative. I’ve had trouble with loops holding closed though…
Do these have anything special to make them work well?
This is so beautiful; thanks for sharing.
Very pretty, thanks.
Thanks for sharing ,this will look wonderful on my upcoming cape projects!
Els, this is one of the most beautiful closure details I’ve seen so far! Thank you for sharing it!
I am definitely borrowing this idea. Thank you.
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I was just doing some research on Anne Fontaine and came across a blouse on ebay at the moment with the same kind of closure. I immediately thought of your wonderful post. Thanks so much for sharing this!
How beautiful! I saw a blouse in cotton with roses for closings a few years ago at Anne Fontaine.
Thanks for the comments on this post. I do not know which designer made this blouse because my mom did cut off the label because it was scratchy.