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Whose got the button?By Madelyn Miller, the TravelLadyJust like little boys who played with marbles, I was always fascinated by buttons. Even when I was little, I was sewing them on things, stringing them, and just enjoying sorting them by size and color.
Now I am obsessed with buttons. I have button covered purses, T-shirts, scarves, blouses and hats. I can’t resist jewelry made of buttons. My collection of buttons is carefully sorted by color and displayed in stylish glass bottles.
My fondest memory of Ireland is when I wandered into a button store in Ireleand on a rainy afternoon and stayed for hours while the owner helped me assemble a button necklace. Whenever I wear it, I think of Dublin.
Recently, I discovered there was a book for people like me. BUTTON GIRL by Mikyla Bruder. Now the world knows buttons aren’t just for button holes
anymore! With Button Girl by Mikyla Bruder, crafty girls can create more
than 20 stylish accessories including Button Barrettes and Bobbies, Hip Ribbon
Belts, Crazy Coasters, and much more. Step-by-step instructions,
Also by Mikyla Bruder: Bead Girl: 25 Sparkly Projects from Tiaras to Toe Rings. ISBN: 0-8118-3038-1, Price: $18.95. BUTTON GIRL Other Crafty Things to TryQUILTS Teach Yourself Quilting BEADING The Complete Idiots Guide to Beadings |
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Flash forward about fifty years.
During my full-time mommy days, I joined the international
Button Club and met weekly with serious button collectors. When I go to flea
markets, I can never pass a bowl of buttons. It is one of the smallest and least
expensive souvenirs you can buy.
You could call me a button girl.
easy-to-follow
diagrams, and full color photographs make it a cinch to create everything from
fashion projects to home décor!