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American Apparel kids, clothing, dancing dress, diy, fashion, organic cotton dress, spinning, style, vintage buttons, vintage ribbons
I got this dress at American Apparel with plans to decorate it for Ada. I was going to make little flowers out of vintage ribbons down the front of the dress. When I asked Ada to help me pick out the ribbon she said she wanted all of them. Then she told me they needed to go down the back and not be sewn down into petal shapes. I was annoyed at her for not listening to directions. I finally asked what the heck she was going to do with the ribbons hanging off the back of her dress. “Spin and Dance, Mama.” Duh.
To make a similar dress you will need:
*Plain Dress
*Assorted Ribbons and Buttons
*Needle and Thread
1. Wash and dry dress to account for shrinkage.
2. Let your designer direct placement.
3. Sew down buttons and ribbon.
4. Put dress on child and let the spinning begin.
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Amy said:
Ada is a cutie! I like how she thinks! 🙂
Kate said:
Great project and beautiful photos!
jessamyn said:
So cute!
Linda said:
I love all your clever ideas, your thoughts, and the pictures! (pats friend from Rey.)
jeannerondeau said:
Thank you!
Tina Smith said:
Buttons
Collecting buttons has been one of the most popular hobbies of all times. Buttons can be used for a variety of purposes, right from holding a coat secure, to card-making and appliqué-work. But most importantly buttons add a touch of beauty and colour to life. Buttons are one of those little joys that create life delightful.
Some museums and art galleries hold culturally, historically, politically, and/or artistically significant buttons in their collections.
The Victoria & Albert Museum has many buttons, particularly
in its jewellery collection, as does the Smithsonian Institution.
Hammond Turner & Sons, a button-making company in Birmingham, hosts an online museum with an image gallery and historical button-related articles, including an 1852 article on button-making by Charles Dickens. In the USA, large button collect are on public display at The Waterbury Button Museum of Waterbury, Connecticut, and the Keep Homestead Museum of Monson, Massachusetts, which also hosts an extensive online button archive.
Early button history
Buttons and button-like objects used as ornaments or seals rather than fasteners have been discovered in the Indus Valley Civilization during its Kot Diji phase (circa 2800-2600 BCE) as well as Bronze Age sites in China (circa 2000-1500 BCE), and Ancient Rome.
Buttons made from seashell were used in the Indus Valley Civilization for ornamental purposes by 2000 BCE. Some buttons were carved into geometric shapes and had holes pierced into them so that they could be attached to clothing with thread. Ian McNeil (1990) holds that: “The button, in fact, was originally used more as an ornament than as a fastening, the earliest known being found at Mohenjo-daro in the Indus Valley. It is made of a curved shell and about 5000 years old.”
Functional buttons with buttonholes for fastening or closing clothes appeared first in Germany in the 13th century. They soon became widespread with the rise of snug-fitting garments in 13th- and 14th-century Europe.
Clothing Buttons.