Button Jar!

horsechestnut

Yes I have a button tin.
Like many others, I cut buttons off garments that aren't good enough for the charity shop. I string each set (2 or more) together with thread, then it is easy to see if you have a set or not and there is less routing; or does that spoil the purpose of the button box!!!

Artytarty

Yes, I have 3 tins of them! love em to bits!
I adorn lots of things with my buttons, my girls laugh at me when I customise my clothes
" uhoh Mums been at the buttons again..."
I agree they do bring back memories, but can you tell me what is a mop button please? I clearly still have a lot to learn!

luxor4t

mop = mother of pearl, like this:

http://www.cst.cmich.edu/users/dietr1rv/zoogems/mother-buttons.JPG

I've got quite a few from my gran's button collection and these days you can find them again, sometimes on ethnic style clothing

lou1251

jcr16 wrote: »

i don't have a button box as such but in my sewing box i do have a small variety of buttons to use for repair jobs.

Me too! I keep the spare ones that come with items of clothing, just in case lol Don't think I've ever had to use one, but you never know!

My grans have all had them too, it must get passed on down the generations. Hmm, except my mum doesn't have one. Not even a sewing box. In the kitchen junk drawer(which I think we all have too), she just has a spool of white thread and one of black with a needle pushed through the thread! :rotfl:

Artytarty

Thanks for the explanation, in that case I have a whole (small, old pastille) tin of mop buttons!
some lovely ones in that pic. i have pearl belt buckle thing too, cant quite find the right thing to use it on...

pinkwitch76

Ooh! I'm so pleased to have found a forum full of fellow button addicts! :rotfl:
I inherited my Granma's button box when she gave up knitting, and then my great Aunt's when I helped clear the loft!
I keep them in jam jars, colour coded!

Penelope_Penguin

Seems like there are lots of button addicts out there

As this has fallen from the front page of OS, I'll add it to the existing thread, so that Button Addicts of the world can unite :T

Penny. x

laurel7172

I have a button box.

They get used for repairs, but mostly they get used for crafting.

I have acquired quite a lot from my children, who loved buttons and had their own button jars when they were small. My gain

LJM

i have lots of jars full of buttons all shapes/sizes and colours i use them for clothes repair/jewellery making and most of the time purely decorative i just love the way they look in glass/clear jars

Taadaa

I have a button box and a button jar. I am officially a greedy button witch.