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This creative idea can be very useful for decorating and personalizing your creative sewing projects.
The chalk buttons are made of ceramic powder and therefore they have a beautiful shiny and smooth appearance, as if they were majolica.
They can be painted with colors for glass or ceramic and, having holes, they can be sew just like real buttons.
These chalks can, however, also be used to decorate your gift boxes on the occasion of Christmas, for example, or other holidays.
The technique that I illustrate here can be adopted for create chalk of any shape and for any use, such as wedding favors.
The button-shaped chalks can be made simply or in the scented version with the addition of a perfumer environmental liquid when going to dissolve the powder.
Materials and Tools
The products can also be purchased online through the specialized shop “The Ideas Shop” of Lecco.
Prepare the ceramic powder
Once you have purchased the ceramic or plaster powder, carefully read the instructions to see what the powder/liquid ratio is. In my case the ratio is 1 to 3, that is, for 1 part of water you need 3 parts of product.
It is not necessary to weigh the powder, just use the same container which can be a glass or a cake measure.
Pour water and powder into a container for the total quantity of product needed to fill the moulds.
Prepare the button-shaped chalks
Pour the mixture into the silicone moulds, making sure it remains inside the mould, otherwise the contours of the button will not be perfect once dry.
Leave to dry for approximately 30 minutes.
How to make button-shaped chalk
All you need is a little ceramic powder and some silicone shapes to make perfect buttons! You will thus be able to personalize all your creative sewing projects or your gift packages. Follow the video and you’ll see how easy it is to get really creative buttons!
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