Brooches!

Some flower brooches to get us in the mood for spring....

These can be used for bags, or on a blazer, on cushions, they can be grouped together or can be used on their own...the possibilities are endless...

A Purple Handbag

This was a custom order placed by my sister for her friends birthday present. Her friend had already seen a few of the designs and had mentioned she would like a purple one so my sister thought she would give her one as a birthday present. Now I didn't really have much purple fabric, or buttons or ribbons for that matter so I was a bit baffled. Even when I did get the purple fabric I wasn't very happy with the shade, I mixed and matched it with the few purple embellishments I did have and was getting nowhere. So I changed tactics and opted for the "contrast" look...i loved it

Finally online!!...

....Thats right Buttons and Ribbons is now online :D. I thought an appropriate first picture would be the bag that started it all.....I sewed this bag ages ago, ironically i needed one because i was starting a sewing class and i needed a large bag...so I errmm sewed one. This was a simple square tote and everything that could go wrong went wrong with it, funnily enough the detailing that ran across the bottom was the easiest bit! aahhhh how far i've come!!