September 20, 2011

Who Loves Buttons?

When I began sewing again last year, I started looking for old zippers, rick rack and of course buttons. Do you love buttons as much as I do? Have you ever tried to create an outfit based on some buttons in your stash? Yesterday I made a feeble attempt to clean up my sewing area so I could start on the palazzo pants today. I got side tracked, which is easy for me to do and started looking at all of my buttons and daydreaming of ways to use them.
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 Look at these beauties. 
Huge flowers in a grey tone.
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This would be Purrrfect!!
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 Nice wooden toggles.
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Maybe this?
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I really love these glass buttons. The shape is so fantastic.

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I need help with how to use these.
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 I  only have one of the following. I will have to figure something special to do with them.
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 These buttons looked like they had a kind of film on them. For some reason, I licked one to see if the film would go away. It was very salty. Does anyone know what these might be made of?
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 I also can't wait to make this dress and use a really special button.
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I have so many buttons, bags and bags of them. I need to find some really wonderful way to use them. Any ideas? Do you have a favorite garment that has awesome buttons?
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5 comments:

  1. pamSeptember 20, 2011 at 10:35 AM

    I have tons of buttons too, from estate sales and garage sales. I rarely use them, I just like to take them out and look at them every now and then :)

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  2. JillybejoyfulSeptember 20, 2011 at 12:48 PM

    :::drool::::

    I've been known to add a button to a button-less garment, just so that I can use one of my fabulous vintage finds. Yes, I do believe I'm a certified button freak. And like Pam, sometimes I just take them out & look at them.

    I mean, hey...they're really small & take up no space, they're virtually care-free, and besides being pretty, they're actually useful! What more could you ask from a collectible?

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  3. MollySeptember 20, 2011 at 6:16 PM

    I laughed really hard at the last dress pattern. I'm just imagining someone unbuttoning the top to breastfeed a baby, lol!

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  4. AndreaSeptember 20, 2011 at 7:34 PM

    I love buttons too -- I remember my Grandma had a metal tin full of them, and the cousins and I would play with them when we visited. Grandma's buttons also had magical properties ... you could rub one on a wart, then hide it, and the wart would eventually disappear! Well, we believed it at the time ... maybe that is what made it work. Anyhow, I still love buttons, but I've found it hard to plan a project around the buttons, no matter how fabulous. Maybe it's an acquirable skill, though!

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  5. Serendipity Handmade + VintageSeptember 21, 2011 at 9:27 PM

    When are you going to make that chic Butterick swing coat? I want to see it!

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