Button Jar!

GardenMillie

I've started a button jar - to store all extra buttons from new outfits or from old ones that can't be recycled to the charity shop. It's handy for finding an odd button when needed or using them in card-making or even for knitted dolls clothes (mum does lots of knitting for dolls).

My granny used to have a button tin - which we played with all the time, although there seemed to be more jumble sales around then (1960's - 1970's) and we were always picking up things that could be re-used and recycled.

Anyone else got a button jar/tin?:T

*zippy*

My nan had a button tin too that I used to spend hours playing with. I can remember having a row off my MIL when newly married for throwing away some old shirts without taking the buttons off first.

I throw all spare buttons in a little dish, but theres not alot in there.

Crazychik

Me too, I have a button box. Not much in it at the mo, but it'll soon build up.

Its amazing how a tin of buttons kept us amused as kids, Give them to our kids now - imagine the face the comments we'd get! lol

tanith

I have all the spare/extra buttons in my sewing box.... but its always the one I need that isn't ever there....:rotfl:

BargainHunterCat

I've always kept all my spare buttons, hooks & eyes, even the ribbons they put in clothes seams so they hang nicely in the shop.
OH also favours old undies for washing the car...:rolleyes:
I think I inherited the habit from my mother, but it's certainly come in handy when a button broke on my trousers!
I'm also a big fan of carrying an emergency sewing kit, safety pins & a mini first aid kit - friends say I have a mary poppins style handbag!

Pink.

I keep all my old buttons too, mine are in a jug in the kitchen. Small children love to play with them. This thread might be of interest to any other button collectors: Uses for old buttons

Pink

spiddy100

I've got a little wicker basket thing that lives on top of our chest of drawers and has buttons and similar things in it - spare sequins etc or any bits that come attached to an item of clothing.

I remember how much we used to love my mum's button tin when we were little. She always had hers in a tobacco tin, but I don't have a source of those

mcardinalblue

We have a lovely old tin, probably from the thirties, which my husband has inherited from his deceased wife MIL (who is also deceased). It is packed with all kind of weird buttons some of the strangest from the sixites by the looks, however it has come in handy many times. I just put all the new ones when they come attached to new clothes on the top. I would recommend this but I think a clear glass jar would be best as it might save you having to tip the whole contents out everytime you look for a button.

MATH

We have an inherited button tin too! Some of the buttons date back to the 20's and 30's, and some are off clothing I remember long gone, loved ones, wearing. Great for a memory lane trawl LOL

THIRZAH

I inherited my Grandma's button tin too. It's really not very practical as it's tall and thin so I have to empty it out completely every time I look for a button!

loren83

I love my button jar, is an a large preserving jar in my kitchen and they look so pretty. I'm forever picking up buttons off the floor (wierd I know!!) or buying them at boot sales etc