Making It Mine - Knobs

Making It Mine is a series where I show an item I bought, then changed in order to make it more to my liking.

Five years ago I bought this small dresser with the knobs you see in the front.  They were fine for awhile.  Seems like everything is fine for awhile.  But after a few months, I made new knobs.

Here it is with the new knobs I made.  Basically, I glued beads, buttons, ribbons, and trim on a plain white knob.  Between the drawer front and the knob is either a small piece of fabric or paper.

Heart buttons; fabric background.

Both beads and buttons.  The background is paper, now faded from what used to be bright yellow.  I should replace it.

See that teardrop-shaped, gold-rimmed bead on the right?  That's the same kind that I used as the umbrella tip on my R is for Rain quilt.

 

Two buttons, furry trim, paper backing.  Again - I should swap out that faded paper.

The house button is also on R is for Rain.  I had forgotten it was on this knob.

Here you have a clear view of the white knob that is the base on which all the gorp is glued.  This has just two buttons - the large pink flower, with an orange/pink one glued over the button holes.

Kaffe Fassett scrap in the background.

Two buttons - orange square and a cute sand pail.  Trim circles the white knob, backed by fabric that has no intention of fading.  Ever.

Three buttons, nice and simple.  That paper used to be lime green.  

 

From this view, you can see more of the trim - sometimes I wrapped it on the shank of the knob; sometimes I glued it along the edges.