Finally organized my button collection

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07-27-2011, 04:23 PM

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emerald46

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I had an Aunt who removed buttons from every piece of clothing before discarding. I have several of her jars. then a older friend (at that time) gave me her Mother's jars of buttons. Just love them!

07-27-2011, 04:30 PM

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Good job!

07-27-2011, 04:43 PM

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Jingle

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Great job, I gave my buttons to oldest Daughter, I no longer make anything but quilts. I put buttons on a quilt kit and I bought just the ones for it.

07-27-2011, 05:04 PM

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debp33

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mcdaniel023

Wanna come over and sort mine? LOL!!! I hate digging through all of my buttons.

Nah, I think I'll pass. Wasn't all that fun for me. But at least it's done!

07-28-2011, 02:01 AM

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quilticing

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Looks like embellishing is in your future.

07-28-2011, 03:56 AM

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jmabby

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I have mine all in little zip bags in a old wire egg basket.
I can see what I want right away

07-28-2011, 03:58 AM

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4EVERquilt

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Great looking stash!!

07-28-2011, 05:40 AM

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kateyb

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Great way to organize buttons.
I have mine in the individual small bags, sorted by color into larger bags, then in (3)popcorn tins. I still make cloths, so I use them.

07-28-2011, 11:00 AM

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debp33

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ckcowl

actually part of the (charm) of my button collection is to be able to sit with a big tin of buttons and run my hands through them---looking for just the right one.

My mom said she loved to do this, too!