More colors and shapes

This central button is like a piece of smoothed wood (and it is very tactile, too), but it is a contemporary plastic resin button.  The little buttons covered in vintage Japanese fabric work well with it:

 

Necklace #77, on Japanese chirimen polyester bias tape.

I've tried a new rayon bias tape banded in red and black:

Necklace #78.  Vintage plastic buttons on rayon bias tape.

And these sweet contemporary natural fiber buttons (wicker, willow?) work well with the Japanese fabric, too:

Necklace #79.  Contemporary plant-fiber buttons with buttons covered in vintage Japanese fabric, on Japanese chirimen polyester bias tape.