LIFE BEATS DOWN AND CRUSHES THE SOUL AND ART REMINDS YOU THAT YOU HAVE ONE. STELLA ADLER

Saturday, March 10, 2012

BUTTON PROJECTS REALLY HAVE NOT CHANGED MUCH

Buttons used in projects have really not
 changed that much.
I wanted to share with all of you a story (in part) from a magazine called "The Good Ole Days", written by Kate Hartnell Stobbe.
I found it interesting that projects and activities using buttons have not changed all that much in the last 81 years (at least according to this article)
Grandma Vaughn always said "I never saw a button I didn't like, couldn't use or wouldn't save."
Stringing various sizes and colors of buttons on heavy thread for necklaces and bracelets was a delight of my preteen years.
Grandmother's handmade quilts for my sister and me were decorated with buttons or our current favorite colors.  
Gloves and mittens, so often lost or misplaced were readily recognized with large, ornamental buttons sewn on the cuffs.
Her curtains were hung evenly with buttons sewn on each side of the hem, those weights helped the curtains fall into place when we kids lifted the curtains to look outside as children are prone to do.
Many soft pillows were decorated with buttons.  
One holiday season, she cut a Christmas tree from green felt and decorated it with tiny glass buttons that picked up various colors in the light.
Grandmother customized each frame by gluing on tiny pearls and small buttons in the shapes of flowers and leaves for Christmas 1931.

I hope you enjoyed the highlights of the article as much as I did.
What do you create with your buttons?
Are you the lucky owner of your Grandmother's button collection?

Thanks for stopping by.
Michele

4 comments:

Kathy said...

These words are so true and remembering this gives such a feeling of connection with the creative women who came before us. Thank you for sharing.

Something Special said...

Love your post about your grandmother's buttons. I was just thinking the other day about my grammy's button tin. I even remembered some of those buttons. I am not lucky enough to have hers, but I do have some like the ones I remembered. I have always loved looking at old buttons.

The Altered Bee said...

One can never have too many buttons! I love sifting through them. It is so calming, like watching a fish tank!

Lynn Stevens said...

I guess they really haven't changed much have they!
I do have my Grandmothers button collection, some over 100 years old. I'm hoping to post them soon and see if anyone can tell me a little about them
hugs Lynn