Vintage Button Bracelet

I inherited a box of vintage buttons. I lugged those buttons around for 10 years until I learned how to make these lovely bracelets to show them off. I have made a bracelet of every color of the rainbow because I like them to accent the color I am wearing. You can mix the colors if you want. It's all up to you.

You will need 10 to 12 buttons depending on the size, scissors, and hemp twine about 28 inches.

Fold the twine in half and tie a knot near the fold making a loop. This will be the clasp. Select the smallest button and make sure it will fit through the loop.

I pick the largest button as the first so it covers the clasp. If it is a two hole button like this one put one string through both sides and then the other through both sides in the opposite order. It is a tight fit sometimes. Snip the ends if they get frayed. That makes it easier.

Because of the curve of the arm I make the buttons overlap slightly so there will not be gaps. If you use four hole buttons you can cross the twine or let it run parallel.

Add till it fits your arm. The front should look like this and back should look like that.

Tie off the final button. Test to make sure the loop still fits over the final button. Try it on before you snip the ends.