All things buttons & more …
I think these two yacht buttons are really striking and are probably 1930’s or 40’s.
The colour combinations are a little odd but very effective. The fine white lines are a great addition to the design and I think they would look no where near as good without them.
Two of these buttons were made by me. One has flowers embroidered on to the fabric and one has a lady bird done in cross stitch. It was just a bit of fun making them.
The third button is also cross stitch depicting a duck. I bought it in a local opp shop a few years ago.
My friend Di bought this button for me recently.
It is moulded white metal picturing a lady with a girl at a sewing machine. It is a nice button to give to someone who has been a sewing person for many years like me. It measures 2 1/2 cm x 2 cm.
How about some more wooden buttons today but this time old ones. ( I don’t know how old ) What quaint little buttons these are.
They were a nice surprise for me in amongst a little bag of black fabric buttons which I bought just recently. I do not know anything about them but they are cheery and bright.
These are laser cut and surface coloured polyester buttons.
They were made in Brazil for JHB International in about 1998. One represents Betty Boop and the other a Flapper from the 1920’s. Ref: Big Book of Buttons, Page 142
Here are three new wooden buttons which I bought in a Patchwork shop in Kyabram last year.
I love birds and thought these owls looked great on the light coloured wood, sort of natural like.
These buttons are made from Vegetable Ivory and were made by Bob Benson.
He has dyed and carved a decorative border and inserted a torquoise stone in one, a fossil in another and a jasper stone in the last one.
They are rather unique and becoming rather expensive. These ones were made in the 2011 – 12 period and measure a little over 4 cm so are quite large.
These yellow plastic buttons have a cut out design with several coloured flowers painted on them. They would certainly brighten up a garment. Maybe they are from the 1940’s – 50’s.
These glass buttons are modern and made in Czechoslovakia.
All of them have a design painted on a dark brown or black background also with some gold lustre. They have quite a dramatic look about them. The first two are just over 2 cm and have a self shank while the third is just over 2 1/2cm and has a metal four way box shank.