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How to Make Bottle-Cap Buttons for Knit Slippers

comments (5) December 13th, 2008     

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leethal Lee Meredith, contributor
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Choose bottle caps that coordinate with the slippers and/or that have special meaning to your recipient.
Newcastle booties for any British brown ale fan.
Six-holed buttons make stitched stars!
Choose bottle caps that coordinate with the slippers and/or that have special meaning to your recipient.

Choose bottle caps that coordinate with the slippers and/or that have special meaning to your recipient.

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And now for some other examples! If your loved one has a special attachment to a particular beer (or soda), how about designing the entirety of the slippers around that beverage?


 Newcastle booties for any British brown ale fan.

And another...


 A bottle cap with a graphic design like Red Stripe is extra adaptable to a matching slipper design.

Or if you find some cool bottle caps with images, your slippers don't have to have anything to do with beer or soda.


 How about some "pirate booties"?

Or liven up the buttons with extra holes and multicolored stitching:


 Six-holed buttons make stitched stars!

Lastly, if you can't find bottle caps that you like, you could decoupage your own images onto the caps for completely handmade, personalized buttons! Be creative!

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Comments (5)

Futchu writes: Can someone send me the instructions in microsoft document?
Send to raefutch@verizon.net
Posted: 7:00 pm on September 18th
P8 writes: great idea with the buttons; I am going to try it !

You have been blogged in P8 Buttons & Fabrics: http://kraplap.blogspot.com/
Posted: 12:27 pm on May 5th
rainbowridergrma writes: This is just totally ingenious. I can see lots of possibilities. Thanks!
Posted: 9:35 am on February 24th
samsstuff writes: Cute idea for buttons & simple to make!
Posted: 11:56 pm on February 14th
Toffy writes: Cute slippers and cute buttons. A great idea to use bottle caps and so cute....I do have a suggestion tho'. I would cut a piece of thin cardboard to fit inside the bottle cap, and use a tiny piece of fabric or batting next to the top of the inside of the cap, then push in the cardboard. I would bend over the edges using a pair of pliers. This would then be sanded or checked for rough edges, then poke the holes to sew it on. This way all rough edges from the holes would be taken care of to avoid cutting the threads from use. Slightly more work but could be worth it in the long run.
Posted: 9:44 am on January 28th
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