Halloween Trick or Treaters Done

The stitching on the little Halloween stocking is done. The buttons were the last bit I needed to add before starting to hunt for the right fabric for the back side. Buttons are attached in many different ways, depending on how they were made. You've all seen buttons on men's dress shirts with the two (or four) little holes that you stitch through to attach them. The buttons that Squiggee included with the canvas are not like those. Working left to right, the cat's head button is flat and thick with a hole drilled through the middle. It was easy to attach with a doubled thread in one side and out the other. The pink skull bead has a shank. I stitched it from the back four times, each stitch slanting in a different / \ _ | direction to try and hold it steady. But this bead will tilt here and there since I did not make a hole in the canvas and push the shank through to the back side. The last bead is the brass moon face which has a loop at the top like a charm. It was easy to attach but it will sway from side to side slightly.

Hope you enjoy the canvas. Many thanks to Squiggee herself for designing something so quick and fun.

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