So whats the facination on collecting buttons?
04-12-2011, 05:28 AM
#62
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Recently, in between quilts, I started making doll clothes for my granddaughter(and some for charity)'s American Girl doll. The most fun part for me is trimming them with buttons, and the kids love them. They have gotten SOOOO expensive. If you would like to tell all the people giving you buttons to send them my way, I would LOVE it. My eventual goal is to teach my granddaughter and friend to sew, and quilt. I am SOOO jealous.
04-12-2011, 05:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Aurora
I have always loved the older buttons. Today we mostly have plastic buttons -- wild colors and novelty shapes -- but not the same variety and creative influence of the old buttons.
When I started buying old buttons tins/boxes, I could pick them up at auction for a couple of bucks. The last time I bid on a box it went for over $125.00.
There are lots of possibilities for using them, but I do sew them back on clothing.
When I started buying old buttons tins/boxes, I could pick them up at auction for a couple of bucks. The last time I bid on a box it went for over $125.00.
There are lots of possibilities for using them, but I do sew them back on clothing.
04-12-2011, 06:01 AM
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My granddaughter is getting married in June and asked for my buttons! She is putting one on each invitation, several in bridesmaid bouquets and scattered ones on reception tables instead of confetti! Also making her a quilt with signatures and writings in solid squares and then putting the quilt together for her. Using the squares instead of a guest book. She has always been fascinated with my button collection!!
04-12-2011, 06:15 AM
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I love buttons. Sell them on ETSY, if you don't have a button loving friend. I would buy unsorted lots, it's like a treasure hunt, you never know what you'll find.
Let me know if you sell them, PLEASE,
Helbo
Let me know if you sell them, PLEASE,
Helbo
04-12-2011, 06:16 AM
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Yes, save those buttons! My aunt had a gallon jar of full of buttons for years and when she died they were sold in a sale (I wasn't there). My granddaughters love buttons too. Neighborhood kids would come to me for a button to replace one they had lost--many uses for them!
04-12-2011, 06:19 AM
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There is a national button club. You might check in your area and see if there is a branch. It is quite educational and they do very beautiful things with them. There are certain ways in which they have to be displayed and they have classifications that art items are made with them. The buttons we collect are from the 1700 and 1800 hundreds and are real works of art. My favorite is picture buttons which are made of metal and are usually larger than a quarter and are detailed metal sculptures of classical literature and myths. Many of the men collect military buttons. Some buttons are glass in different colors and some are jems, wood and bone. The bakelite are popular because they were the first plastic. They were quite large before zippers and were worth removing for reuse. I also have a collection of sterling silver buttons. It is a total ballgame. High to low. Some libraries have a book "The Big Book of Buttons" that explains the history of each style. It is out of print but usually available in the reference section as it is quite large.
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