Decorate a purse with colourful buttons

Step 4 The Design

As I mentioned, I was initially planning on placing the buttons randomly with as many unique buttons as possible. I realised this wouldn't look as nice as I hoped.

I started to arrange the buttons into colour piles and realised it looked nicer when the buttons were arranged this way. Also, I realised that placing the buttons in a geometric pattern was a better approach to a random distribution. Hence, it was decided to make a colour gradient on each side of the purse.

I used a sheet of paper first to see how it would look, and to determine the spacing between buttons. I eventually opted for a 10mm grid, as this would allow for the buttons to just not be touching.