Most of them were pretty ordinary, but there were lots of colorful & novelty buttons, as well as a fair number of 'artsy' clothing buttons and lots of buckles. I think some of them are bakelite, and I'll need to do some research if I'm going to sell them.
I packaged most of the ordinary & colored ones in little bags to sell in the booth, but kept lots of them for projects:
Here are some pictures of the artsy buttons & buckles:Some of these buckles are HUGE! I'm sure the brown striped one and green ones are bakelite. The purple grapes are a hook closure -- so cool!
I wish I could sew clothing so I could use this awesome cellulose green hook closure!
These buttons are so cool -- the horn ones with the flowers & red centers are 2" wide!
The 3 large ones here are a deep purple & more than 3" wide...
I remember playing with my Mom's buttons too! I remember there being belt buckles in there, and old girdle parts, and all kinds of fascinating little bits mixed in with all the pretty buttons!
ReplyDelete@Carol -- My mom always had old girdle parts in hers, too! I'd forgotten all about those until you mentioned that. Too funny!
ReplyDeleteI think the purple buttons have my name on them!
ReplyDeleteI think all of our mothers had coffee jars of old buttons. I remember being fascinated with them. I got a few of them, but she gave most away to somebody else, which peeved me! Now I too have a jar of interesting buttons.
ReplyDeleteThey're so great! Don't blame you for keep some to yourself :)
ReplyDeleteBee happy x
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