May Day

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A day which is supposed to herald the beginning of Summer, although officially it is a bit early and anyway it is dull and raining outside at the moment!  It is a time of May Pole dancing.  Dancers move around a large pole stuck upright in the ground, moving their ribbons either in
a web around the pole or by plaiting it to the pole itself. To unravel
the ribbons, the dancers retrace their steps.  Clever if it works but it doesn't always!









So as I have missed working with buttons for quite a few months I decided to make these crosses.   The pattern is by Lily Qualls Morales but her pattern used size 10 thread and these are 20 so I just added a few stitches.  The three crosses are lying across a branch that I orginally brought home to use as an Easter decoration, but it never happened!







In some parts of Britain, 1st May is called Garland Day, when young girls used to make garlands for their hair.






The first of May is Garland Day

So please remember the garland.

We don't come here but once a year,

So please remember the garland.



















Comments

  1. Madtatter80May 1, 2014 at 7:47 AM

    Oh I love buttons, and that is great you applied them here! thumbs up!

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  2. Jane McLellanMay 1, 2014 at 9:32 AM

    Interesting crosses with buttons included.

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  3. God's KidMay 1, 2014 at 10:21 AM

    Wonderful crosses!!! :)

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  4. Grace TylerMay 1, 2014 at 1:22 PM

    Very cute cross pattern. I like the use of the buttons.

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  5. Lace-lovin' Librarian ~ DianeMay 1, 2014 at 4:42 PM

    Happy May Day! When I was a little girl, we used to hang baskets of flowers on doorknobs in the neighborhood. It was great fun!

    I love the button crosses. I think I really need to learn how to tat around buttons!

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  6. Sally KersonMay 2, 2014 at 6:47 AM

    Never heard of that tradition Diane, it is such a shame that a lot of the things we used to do have now been dropped

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