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12-17-2023 09:19 PM
Anyone have an inherited button box? I went in mine yesterday for a few buttons to put on top of a craft project. Many of the buttons came from garments we bought, as the extra one. Some were from left over projects my Mom or I made. This is the interesting part, to me, my Mom and maybe my Grandmom would cut buttons off worn out clothes. My Mom always wanted to have a button if my Dad lost a shirt button. Some buttons were cut off to make "cleaning" rags! I do remember doing this for my Mom.
Any interesting stories of button boxes?
12-17-2023 09:22 PM
I don't have any good button box stories of my own, @Neetgal2 , but I enjoyed hearing yours. Buttons are so varied and interesting, and are almost like small keepsakes that can bring back so many memories....
12-17-2023 09:23 PM - edited 12-17-2023 09:26 PM
When my late husband was in jr. h.s., he made a sewing box that opens with hinges to different levels. I still use it & will someday give it to my child.
My button box is a Whitman's candy tin that my grandfather gave to my grandmother when he courted her. I've kept special extra buttons & exceptional buttons I've cut from tossed clothes for years. My grandmother was an excellent seamstress.
12-17-2023 09:24 PM
@Neetgal2 @YES! I have a huge button jar from my late MIL. It's a treasure trove of options.
12-17-2023 09:54 PM
My mother was a seamstress and I came home with lots of buttons when we cleaned out the house after my parents died. Lots. And being the OCD person that I am, I went through and organized them. I do have one jar with a vaiety of buttons. All the others are sorted.
I didn't get any Whitman candy tins, but I did get the obligatory cigar box.
12-17-2023 10:01 PM
I have a big button box from when I cut off buttons to replace them.
12-17-2023 10:53 PM
I have a big glass "button jar" that my mother had. I've added extra buttons to it over the years. I too remember my mother, grandmother and aunts cutting off buttons when discarding garments. One of my aunts was a gifted seamstress and could always use extra buttons. I keep the jar for the memories now.
12-17-2023 10:54 PM
Not very interesting but I did inherit my Mom's button jar. It's a big ole peanut butter jar that she filled to the brim! I treasure it, as it has so many memories!
12-17-2023 11:15 PM
@speedy girl I also inherited my mother's button jar -- it's a small jelly jar. . When I was a young it was in an old Tang apothecary jar. I used to love to dump it out and look at all the pretty buttons.
12-17-2023 11:30 PM
I didn't inherit a button box, but I have been collecting and saving buttons since I was a little girl.
I buy them when I see something unique. I save them when I get extras with a garment and cut the buttons off old clothing before I toss.
Sometimes, if I buy something but don't care for the buttons, I replace them.
My button box is a gold aluminum cookie can.
I learned to sew a button on when I was around four or five years old. I replaced the top button of my pink and white checked terry robe. The original was white, but the replacement was black. It was the only one I could find in the size I needed. I was so proud of my work.
My mother taught me how to thread a needle and sew a button on. Great flashback memory.
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