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Our little Button Collector’s group got together on Friday 27th September. Our challenge was for different shaped buttons. We came up with quite a few of various materials. As usual we had a lovely afternoon. Here are some of them.

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These three buttons are from 1990’s, 2000’s onwards. They are metalized plastic each having a cream centrepiece and are completely different in design.

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Here are two more pincushions which I have done with wool on canvas. The floral one is done in mainly colonial knots, pinwheel and daisy like stitches completely covering it. I show the back of this one also. The other one is also knots in squares with fine ribbon threaded in between. They are both very effective and were fun to do.

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How about some embroidery for a change. My friend Suzanne and I had fun doing this project together. We only had a black and white photocopy of the sample in the shop to work from plus some notes we had made while there. The different threads, ribbons, beads and stitches add to the texture and feel of the garden. It is quite unique.

Here are two completely different Ceramic buttons. Both are rather chunky, one being maroon and the other a soft green. They are modern buttons.

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These little white plastic buttons are quite pretty with their flower like shape. They have a self shank and they were given to me by a lady who let me go through her button jar. It is always nice when that happens. I guess they may be from about the 1950’s.

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Here are two more sketches from my sketch book and they portray an old shed and tankstand near Bright and an old stone shed at Casterton. They measure 12 cm x 9 cm so are not very big.

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It is time for a change again from buttons so here are two sketches from my current book. They are done with water colour and coloured pencils and are of old buildings seen on my travels. These are from Buda House, Castlemaine, Victoria.

Here is a group of old blue plastic buttons. They are dome shaped with lines running around them and have a rather long self shank. My guess is that they could be from the 1940’s – 50’s.

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Here is a red glass button in a triangular shape. It has a decorative border in gold lustre which makes it very striking. It has a self shank and measures 2 cm.