Button Wednesday : Edelweiss

It is Wednesday again, so it's BUTTON DAY on my blog !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am still in a Lederhosen mood ...... A selection of lovely Edelweiss buttons !

(hoover over the pictures and click to go to their original links)

Have you seen a lovely, beautiful, stunning, crazy button or button-related thingy, or did you make something with a button / buttons, or did you even make buttons yourself, blog about it on your blog on Wednesday, and give the link here in the comments so that everybody can enjoy it !!

Button Wednesday : Lederhosen Buttons

It is Wednesday again, so it's BUTTON DAY on my blog !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As I wrote on Monday, I am in a Bavarian mood :) And I will explain the reason for this later this week .... 

So, my Button Wednesday is also in a Bavarian mood. Did you know there exist special Lederhosen buttons ? The buttons on Lederhosen are to close the front flap that forms the closure of the Lederhosen and to hold the suspenders. They are typically sewn on, not by means of thread, but by means of a small leather strap. Therefore these buttons have 2 elongated holes for the leather straps to go through and a bar in between.

(German Wear)

They can be made of plastic, plain or to imitate deer antler buttons (like the ones above), of buffalo horn, or of real deer antler.

(Stoffcorner)

(Licht Imports)

(www.knopf-shop.com)

(Stoffcorner)

And here these lovely buttons in full action: 

(Amazon)

Have you seen a lovely, beautiful, stunning, crazy button or button-related thingy, or did you make something with a button / buttons, or did you even make buttons yourself, blog about it on your blog on Wednesday, and give the link here in the comments so that everybody can enjoy it !!

Hats : Mongolia

I just received a Mongolian hat I bought on Ebay. I am thrilled to add this beautiful creation to my traditional hat collection. It's made out of straw and leather; there are two knobs that hold the chin strap on to the hat, they look like some decorated nuts. I quickly took some pics to show you.

Fabrics : Mourning Kraplap

I got a request from a customer on Etsy to make her a kraplap like the one above, but then from fabric and fitting to black clothes. She said: "create your ideal mourning kraplap for me !" after she had read my blogpost about the kraplap. After some searching through my traditional costume books, I got lots of inspiration and made a pattern based on the kraplap from the traditional costume in Staphorst in The Netherlands.
(Mourning Costume, Staphorst - from my postcard collection)

I still had some black and white fabric from Staphorst which is actually used at mourning and decided to sew the kraplap double so that it was wearable on two sides. For the other side I chose a black traditional German fabric with stripes and pink roses, which could be seen as "light mourning".

And this is the result. I like it ! Now I hope the customer likes it too.....

Challenge : Traditional Costume

I won the challenge of the past week from the European Street Team on Etsy: Hurrah ! Thanks Amanda for hosting this "Pastel Color" challenge.

The coming week I am the challenge queen; and I choose for: "TRADITIONAL COSTUME". Let your entry be inspired by the traditional costumes of the country where you were born, or where you live, or of a country that you indentify with. It does not need to be the whole costume, a bit of ornamentation or jewelry will be fine as inspiration source too !

The challenge ends on Monday 29 of June around 22:00. Can't wait to see your entries !

The 1st entry is a doll wearing tsolias from psarokokalo in Greece:


The 2nd entry is a Sliced Dirndl Journal from Kreativlink in Austria:


The 3rd entry is a Traditional Turkmen Ambiance Necklace from staroftheeast in Turkey:


The 4th entry is a summer scarflette from ingermaaike based on the blouses of the bunads (i.e. traditional costumes) in Norway:


The 5th entry is a rustic bracelet from alatvian based on the metal spiral bracelets from ancient Latvia:


The 6th entry is an abstract fabric & brass necklace from vadjutka incorporating a Kalocsa rose embroidery from Hungary:


The 7th entry are traditional fallera earrings from LeelaBijou inspired by the typical Valencian dress worn at "Las Fallas" Festival in Spain:


The 8th entry is a felted brooch from StormsHandicrafts with a small pattern fragment from the national costume of Lithuania:


The 9th entry is a jade-green bodice from kraplap based on the traditional bodice (i.e. kraplap in dutch) of Staphorst in The Netherlands:


The 10th entry are passion earrings from bijouxdellostregatto based on the Venetian tradition of glass beads in Italy:


The 11th entry is a dutch brooch from ballee made from fabrics used in many traditional customes in The Netherlands:


The 12th entry is a red & golden necklace from ExoticFlavour based on the traditional wedding dress in China:


The 13th entry is a flower necklace from fleurfatale made from flax, a typically cultivated material for traditional costumes in Belgium:


The 14th entry is a kawai Carnival brooch from dinafragola based on the bell and bow the "Gilles" wear during Carnival in Belgium:


The 15th entry is a summer blouse from zerva made from the traditional tulbent (thin headscarf) in Turkey:


The 16th and 17th entries are flower Hmong earrings from fleurfatale inspired by the beautiful clothing style of the Flower Hmong in Hoa Bihn, Vietnam:



The 18th entry is a gothic Laura Lolita bonnet from MissMinoes inspired by the Little House and made from traditional fabrics of The Netherlands:


The 19th entry is a batik bag from iragrant made from traditional Javanese batik fabric of Indonesia:


The 20th entry is a denim apron dress from KajaDesign inspired by traditional costumes of Sweden: