All things buttons & more …
These two buttons are new to my collection having come from an opp shop in England recently.
The red and cream one has been layered and cut away giving a great effect. It is a sew through type. (I think it may be from Casein) The cream one is a different design completely and has a self shank.
Here are three pretty light green glass buttons with a silver lustre design in the middle. They are 1 1/2cm in diameter and have a self shank.
My friend got them in an opp shop in England recently for me.
I like these Applejuice bakelite buttons with a black centre. Although they are plain they look elegant to me. They are 2 cm in diameter.
My friend Margaret has been on holidays in England for three months. She has been on the search for buttons in opp shops for me.
What a lovely surprise for me to find a 1kg parcel on my doorstep and yes it was buttons plus a couple of extras. I had great fun going through them choosing what to keep and Margaret will use the others on her sewing projects.
This domed button has thread and braid in a chocolate brown colour wrapped around a mould and topped with beading.
It is very dressy and would grace any appropriate outfit. It is a more modern button with a plastic back and shank.
These vegetable ivory buttons have been dyed a dark colour. The two which have a circle carved into them show the natural colour of the corozo nut from which they are made.
One has a flag embossed on it with the dye colour rubbed back.
Here is another button with braid wrapped around a mould (probably wooden) in a star like pattern. It would have been a time consuming task. It is very effective and may have been worn on a fur coat.
This coconut shell button has a nude lady printed on it.
It is a modern button and was given to me by my friend Sandra for Christmas 2017. I have a smaller button of the same design.
I made this button in 2007 on an antique piece of button covering equipment. It belonged to Kate Boulton who owned the button shop Buttonmania in Melbourne at the time.
It is a piece of hand dyed material and was just a fun thing to do. It is quite large at 4 cm.
I guess this old button would have a wooden mould inside the crocheted outer. It does not have a shank as such and can just be sewn onto a garment through the crochet stitches on the back. At 3 1/2cm it is quite large.