Month: February 2019

Here are four different coloured buttons of the same flower like design. I got them in an opp shop in 2018. They are of some type of plastic. (Maybe acrylic!!)

This button is of yellow plastic and has three large flowers rather crudely painted on it. I wonder if someone has just tried to paint it at home. It is bright and colourful anyway.

I think this fabric covered button is real cute. It shows a couple of Japanese Geisha girl dolls in nice colours. It measures just under 3 cm.

Here are three small metal buttons each decorated with Cut Steels. They measure approximately 1 1/4cm.

Here are five realistic wooden butterfly buttons. They have just been given to me by my friend Jackie. I guess they are more for a craft project than an item of clothing. They are bright and colourful anyway.

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Here are three more Opp Shop finds from 2018 quite different in style. One is metalized plastic with a basketweave type centre. The cream one with the intricate design may have been lazer cut (Guess only) The last one is of a copper brown with a silver metallic stripe through it. It looks more showy in reality. They are so different to buttons of several decades ago.

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Here is another of my sewing projects of some years back. I stitched it all by hand and decorated it with a variety of coloured beads and small buttons plus a tassle.

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These buttons are Opp Shop finds from 2018. They are two piece buttons having a blue plastic base with a silver coloured diamond trim with the loop shank attached.

This silver button features the Yellow Taxi Cab of the 1920’s. It’s detail is very fine. It was made by Stokes and Sons, Melbourne.

This clear glass button has a reverse painted back in black featuring flowers. It is simple in it’s design but quite effective.