Comments on: Button Collection = Clean Underwear? http://thebookishgirl.com/2008/05/27/button-collection/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:47:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Helena http://thebookishgirl.com/2008/05/27/button-collection/#comment-21909 Helena Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:58:35 +0000 http://thebookishgirl.com/2008/05/27/button-collection/#comment-21909 Hi Wendy! Long time no see. Just catching up with your blog and got snagged on this button collection entry. I love buying up jars of buttons in garage sales. They're harder to find now but still out there. When I go, they will say, "we never knew it, but she hoarded button collections." I have found those little batteries too. Also, found two St. Christopher medals in two different collections. Kid brings tiny medal home and leaves it on table. Mum sweeps through and picks it up and puts it in the button jar for safe keeping. I think people put little doohickeys in their button jars because they don't know what else to do with them but think they might need them some day. The screw likely had some important purpose like holding the kitchen cupboard door together. Button jars hold great stories. Ravelry Helena Hi Wendy! Long time no see. Just catching up with your blog and got snagged on this button collection entry. I love buying up jars of buttons in garage sales. They’re harder to find now but still out there. When I go, they will say, “we never knew it, but she hoarded button collections.”

I have found those little batteries too. Also, found two St. Christopher medals in two different collections. Kid brings tiny medal home and leaves it on table. Mum sweeps through and picks it up and puts it in the button jar for safe keeping. I think people put little doohickeys in their button jars because they don’t know what else to do with them but think they might need them some day. The screw likely had some important purpose like holding the kitchen cupboard door together. Button jars hold great stories.

Ravelry Helena

]]> By: Kay http://thebookishgirl.com/2008/05/27/button-collection/#comment-21875 Kay Fri, 30 May 2008 19:35:03 +0000 http://thebookishgirl.com/2008/05/27/button-collection/#comment-21875 Is there some kind of Dying Quilt Lady ListServ I could get on? I had no idea. I wish all quilters and knitters a long and happy life, but you're so right--you don't want a nonquilting relative packing it up and/or throwing it out! You want your best buddies fighting over it! xox Kay Is there some kind of Dying Quilt Lady ListServ I could get on?

I had no idea. I wish all quilters and knitters a long and happy life, but you’re so right–you don’t want a nonquilting relative packing it up and/or throwing it out! You want your best buddies fighting over it!

xox Kay

]]> By: katie http://thebookishgirl.com/2008/05/27/button-collection/#comment-21862 katie Thu, 29 May 2008 14:57:35 +0000 http://thebookishgirl.com/2008/05/27/button-collection/#comment-21862 I inherited my button collection from my Grandma and when I started crafting (crocheting, then sewing, then knitting) I sorted through it to get rid of the buttons I knew I would never use and all the other detritus her collection had picked up. I don't remember what all was in there but I do remember quite a few twist ties! I inherited my button collection from my Grandma and when I started crafting (crocheting, then sewing, then knitting) I sorted through it to get rid of the buttons I knew I would never use and all the other detritus her collection had picked up. I don’t remember what all was in there but I do remember quite a few twist ties!

]]> By: Danielle http://thebookishgirl.com/2008/05/27/button-collection/#comment-21860 Danielle Thu, 29 May 2008 03:03:38 +0000 http://thebookishgirl.com/2008/05/27/button-collection/#comment-21860 My mom has a button box that used to belong to her grandmother. I spent many hours with it as a kid. When I was in college, I started a button box of my own -- not as cool, but it will grow over time. Someday, I hope I can pass it down to grandkids of my own ... My mom has a button box that used to belong to her grandmother. I spent many hours with it as a kid. When I was in college, I started a button box of my own — not as cool, but it will grow over time. Someday, I hope I can pass it down to grandkids of my own …

]]> By: maryse http://thebookishgirl.com/2008/05/27/button-collection/#comment-21858 maryse Thu, 29 May 2008 02:42:29 +0000 http://thebookishgirl.com/2008/05/27/button-collection/#comment-21858 my button tin is really just one old jam jar and i would be embarrassed by my button collection because it's so unbelievably small. i'm relieved though to hear that you are willing to give my stash a good home should i pass on. as the only knitter/crafter in the family i was worried about what would happen to it all. my button tin is really just one old jam jar and i would be embarrassed by my button collection because it’s so unbelievably small.

i’m relieved though to hear that you are willing to give my stash a good home should i pass on. as the only knitter/crafter in the family i was worried about what would happen to it all.

]]> By: Carole http://thebookishgirl.com/2008/05/27/button-collection/#comment-21857 Carole Wed, 28 May 2008 23:04:44 +0000 http://thebookishgirl.com/2008/05/27/button-collection/#comment-21857 My button collection is tidy. However, my mother's button collection which was her mother's before her and is now mine, is very untidy. There are screws and diaper pins and all kinds of crazy things in that big old tin. And I wouldn't have it any other way! My button collection is tidy. However, my mother’s button collection which was her mother’s before her and is now mine, is very untidy. There are screws and diaper pins and all kinds of crazy things in that big old tin. And I wouldn’t have it any other way!

]]> By: Becky http://thebookishgirl.com/2008/05/27/button-collection/#comment-21856 Becky Wed, 28 May 2008 23:00:38 +0000 http://thebookishgirl.com/2008/05/27/button-collection/#comment-21856 I love buttons, but I don't have a button collection - surprisingly. When I was a little girl I used to spend hours at my Nanna's house playing with her tins of buttons. I would sort them...I think that was about it since what else can you do with buttons that doesn't involve actually using them on clothing or craft items? I love buttons, but I don’t have a button collection - surprisingly. When I was a little girl I used to spend hours at my Nanna’s house playing with her tins of buttons. I would sort them…I think that was about it since what else can you do with buttons that doesn’t involve actually using them on clothing or craft items?

]]> By: Lindsey http://thebookishgirl.com/2008/05/27/button-collection/#comment-21855 Lindsey Wed, 28 May 2008 16:55:15 +0000 http://thebookishgirl.com/2008/05/27/button-collection/#comment-21855 I want to be invited to a Dying Quilt Lady or Knitting Lady Sale! Mmmm, buttons. Mine are organized by color, but that was a recent project because I was sick of the little plastic bags exploded all over my sewing desk every time I moved the button jar around. Random things that were in my button jar before its tidying: fimo incense holder, jingle bells, safety pins, and thread (not-so-random because it went with some of the buttons). I want to be invited to a Dying Quilt Lady or Knitting Lady Sale!

Mmmm, buttons. Mine are organized by color, but that was a recent project because I was sick of the little plastic bags exploded all over my sewing desk every time I moved the button jar around. Random things that were in my button jar before its tidying: fimo incense holder, jingle bells, safety pins, and thread (not-so-random because it went with some of the buttons).

]]> By: Amy http://thebookishgirl.com/2008/05/27/button-collection/#comment-21854 Amy Wed, 28 May 2008 15:06:00 +0000 http://thebookishgirl.com/2008/05/27/button-collection/#comment-21854 Keeping your button collection tidy: Just another manifestation of one's extreme anal-retentiveness. :) (Or maybe that's just me!) Keeping your button collection tidy: Just another manifestation of one’s extreme anal-retentiveness. :)

(Or maybe that’s just me!)

]]> By: caro http://thebookishgirl.com/2008/05/27/button-collection/#comment-21853 caro Wed, 28 May 2008 11:51:10 +0000 http://thebookishgirl.com/2008/05/27/button-collection/#comment-21853 Y'all can have at 'er with my stuff when I go. You'll find my button collection to be neatly sorted into colours, but that's because I focus my energy there rather than into perfect undies. Is it possible that the tiny lightbulb is a sewing machine bulb? 'Cause that would explain why it's in with the buttons... Y’all can have at ‘er with my stuff when I go. You’ll find my button collection to be neatly sorted into colours, but that’s because I focus my energy there rather than into perfect undies.
Is it possible that the tiny lightbulb is a sewing machine bulb? ‘Cause that would explain why it’s in with the buttons…

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