Buttons, buttons!!
10-27-2011, 02:26 PM
#81
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I would get a really big decorative jar and put them all in it. It would look really cool sitting in your sewing room or a den. You could even count them and then challenge friends and family to guess.
10-27-2011, 02:54 PM
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You are only limited by everyone's imagination here on the board. I think in a nice glass container they are lovely displayed. I know when I use to get on eBay- before I discovered this board- people didn't have much trouble selling them. I do know buttons are very expensive. I went to a good will shop and they wanted 50 cents each for them and that was about 12 years ago. Needless to say I took my business elsewhere.
10-27-2011, 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Havplenty
i'm going to an estate sale in the morning. there are jars of buttons and tables of fabric for sale. hopefully i get there early enough to snag the buttons and find some great fabrics.
the sewing machine with cabinet is priced at $15.00. the fabric looks vintage so hopefully there are great prices on it all.
the sewing machine with cabinet is priced at $15.00. the fabric looks vintage so hopefully there are great prices on it all.
10-27-2011, 04:27 PM
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I use buttons on some of my quilts as decoration and even used a bunch of really old ones instead of ties on my son's denim quilt. A lot of them came from my grandmother's button basket. My son was really thrilled as he remembered playing with those buttons when he was knee high to a grasshopper and he's 56 now.
10-27-2011, 04:48 PM
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I have used some to embellish quilts. I used them on the bookcase quilt I made for the dials on the phone, eyes on the rocking horse and dinosaur, etc. I plan to use them on my Feeling Crabby quilt pattern that I am making for the eyes on the crabs. I am just careful not to use them on a baby's quilt.
Also, some people make fidget??? quilts to donate or give to people with alzheimers. Some people also use them to "cover" points that don't match perfectly like in a pinwheels quilt.
Also, some people make fidget??? quilts to donate or give to people with alzheimers. Some people also use them to "cover" points that don't match perfectly like in a pinwheels quilt.
10-27-2011, 04:52 PM
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I have a small jar full of buttons and for some odd reason I have a real aversion to buttons. I seem to remember sorting through my grandma's buttons when I was young, but now even handling buttons gives me the willies. Gross!! I need to find the jar and look at them. It may be time for me to pass them on to someone on the board here to enjoy them.
10-27-2011, 06:23 PM
#90
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Originally Posted by nwm50
Can make jewerly out of them....like these hairbows i made for my granddaughter. Make an Envelope quilt using a button for each block or do an pic frame, possibilities are endless !
Thank you
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