Throw a flat stone or similar object (small beanbag, shell, button, plastic toy) to land on square one.
Pinch and gather the fabric and attach it by sewing a few stitches and a decorative item such as a pearl or shell button at the center and again at the back of the skirt.
Prepare a section of Cotton Wax Cord and attach two needles onto each cord tip; then pass the cord through one hole of shell button Cross two tips through another hole Add another shell button bead and cross both tips through both two holes; Fourthly, make sure the layer of two buttons and tighten the cord; Finally, repeat adding buttons until you have 18 or 20 pieces; Add on the Stain Ribbon.
Think chinos, vaguely exotic madras shirts, ikat shorts and shell buttons.
In the beginning there are Tsimshian and Haida button blankets, dark blue textiles with rampant bears in red appliqué that are bordered by a pulsating white line made from shell buttons.
"Look at the color of these," he said, pointing out a row of abalone shell buttons, one blue, one orange and one green, as they shimmer and change color in the autumn sun streaming through the shop's front window.
As I scrolled down through the iridescent mother-of-pearl metal buttons ($1.98 apiece), the shell buttons with the laser starfish design ($2.98 apiece) and the Rivoli rhinestone buttons with a shank (that means a hole on the back of the button, not through the middle) for $2.98 apiece, I couldn't decide.
They won't be performing, like they did at the ACAs, where the raven-haired beauty, no longer sporting two-toned locks with streaks of platinum, did wear a 15-pound T. Rains custom-designed dress with more than 1,000 shell buttons stitched on the bodice.
Ms. George makes bracelets and necklaces from her customers' own memorabilia, like cuff links, old Girl Scout pins, shells, buttons and stray earrings (starting at $500 , 212-724-4461 212-724-4461 212-724-4461
There's also the sheer white cotton shirt with coconut-shell buttons that grazes my thighs, practically begging to be pulled off and tossed aside.
Add glitter, shells, buttons!
