DIY: Knit Gloves

Today is a little DIY day featuring those one size fits all knit gloves!!  I love these guys - I've cut the fingertips off on a few pairs to make them totally typing-friendly too!

So, I've started with an ivory pair...

New Dress A Day - DIY - Embellished Gloves

...and am going to zhuzh these up a bit!!

I was inspired by the idea of making these Nutcracker/toy soldier/Buckingham Palace appropriate, so I started with some chain and jump rings and connected each end of the chain to a jump ring..

New Dress A Day - DIY - Embellished Gloves

Once my chain was prepped, I picked out matching golden buttons to affix the jump rings to, and then used my jewelry pliers to close the space that was made to connect everything together.

New Dress A Day - DIY - Embellished Gloves

With my buttons and chain connected, I began my hand sewing!  I took matching ivory thread, tied a knot at the end. and pushed my needle through from the underside...

New Dress A Day - DIY - Embellished Gloves

...through the button.  I did this a few times to make sure my button was secure.  Once one button was down, I went to the next one.

New Dress A Day - DIY - Embellished Gloves

My buttons are placed!!

New Dress A Day - DIY - Embellished Gloves

After looking at my finished product, I decided that because the gloves were so little, one button/chain pair for each was enough.  I made a little adjustment after one was done.

Now I was in love with the new accessorized gloves, but someone else thought so too...

New Dress A Day - DIY - Embellished Gloves

...so I gifted them to her!

These were completed for an episode of Marie Osmond's show that I shot yesterday, all about accessories!  I'll roll out the pieces I did little by little until the episode airs!!