Tassel Button Key Ring

This is the 3rd and last of my Button Key Rings. Made with ombre buttons and finished with a tassel. 

To make it you will need:

Synthetic Cord (same stuff that I used for the thread and chain bracelet and the pink cord bracelets)

Buttons in graduating colours

A metal ring (not photographed)

Cut two lengths of cord approx 12" or 30cm, seal the ends either with nail varnish or a flame and fold in half. I've got much braver with this stuff the more I use it and just carefully melt the ends in the flame of the gas hob now.

Arrange your buttons in the colour order you want. All your buttons must have 4 holes. In the photo there is one with just two hole but that was just a mistake.

Thread the buttons onto one of the cords, starting with the darkest through to the lightest. Then thread back in the other direction going through the opposite hole in each button. 

Line your button holes up carefully so the buttons stay lined up nicely. 

Now take the second cord and do the same again in the remaining holes.

Attach the metal ring to the loops - just watch that you don't let the buttons slide off whilst you do this.

Now you can push the buttons up about 1 cm from the metal ring. Tie a knot in the cords on the other end.

Now add a tassel. This was a bit fiddly, there might be a better way, but this is how I did it.

I took a longer length of cord, about 70" and looped it through the gap between the bottom button and the knot over and over - as shown in the photo:

I pulled it down neatly to cover the knot and then tied it with another short piece of cord.

I wrapped that short cord round a few times, knotting it again and the securing with a dot of super glue.

Then I just trimmed the ends of the short cord close to the super glue.

Then I chopped the bottom of the tassel so all the cords were level. To finish off I sealed the ends of the tassel by melting them quickly in a flame.

This bright pink makes them perfect for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Maybe you could give one to a friends with a Breast Awareness Printout from Breast Cancer Care that you can download from here.

You might also be interested in:

Giant Sparkly Button Keyring

Patchwork Gift Box

Button Cluster Key Ring

Special Date Coin Keyring

I'll be linking up this project at all these lovely link parties, pop over for a look at loads of projects from other blogs