Button Tidal Wave in Tan

(Above:  Button Tidal Wave in Tan.  Custom framed:  28 1/2" x 28 1/2". Assorted tan and light brown buttons hand-stitched to a section of an antique coverlet.  Click on any image to enlarge.)

Recently I finished Button Tidal Wave in Brown.  It required me to sort through my buttons, separating the tan and lighter brown buttons from the darker ones.  As the two piles grew, I knew that I would start a tan wave after finishing the darker brown one.

(Above:  Detail of Button Tidal Wave in Tan.)

The variety of brown buttons is amazing, but so seems to be the shades of every color.  Some of the buttons used in this tidal wave could easily have been sorted into the orange container.  After all, orange seems to go from dark cinnamon and rust to light apricot and pale peach.  Yet, I think the range adds to the texture and visual appeal.

 

(Above:  Detail of Button Tidal Wave in Tan.)

There will be one more Button Tidal Wave using the antique coverlet. I wish it had been bigger!  I don't know whether or not this theme will continue.  It depends on both the selection of the background material and the quantity of buttons I have in my stash!