If like me you are a fan of buttons, especially old ones, I’m sure you would find these fascinating. At a stitch and chat group I go to someone was having a clear out and I could not resist these finds from the button tin, although I have no idea how I will use them. They are particularly nice because they are so minute, which doesn’t really come across in the photo, about a centimetre and less. Thanks to ThingsHandMade for this link to an exhibition about button and button phobia- yes, it really exists.
The same group has had a display of journey quilts at the new home of The National Needlework Archive, which is now based on the former Greenham Common Airbase site. From their web site it looks as if they plan to be very active with exhibitions and activities over this year. I still have a piece from Poetry in Stitches on tour and it should eventually end up in a waiting room somewhere; I said I did not want it back so I have no idea of its fate. For anyone in the UK you can obtain a book of poetry and then choose a poem as a theme for your stitched piece. There is a competition and then the pieces are bound for public waiting areas in hospitals etc; more details on their web site.
Just over a week left to book up for The Hurst Textile Workshops. 0118 9812918
Penny Lever Green is about to exhibit pictures using buttons and the study of those people who are button phobic.
ReplyDeleteSew, sew pretty! I've loved buttons since I was a little girl - going through my Mom's button tin endlessly stringing them together to make necklaces, bracelets, etc. Ahhhh the simple things in life truly bring us the most pleasure.
ReplyDeleteI have a huge button stash too! I had a friend who couldn't touch buttons. She would only buy clothes that had poppers or zip fastenings!
ReplyDeleteCarolyn ♥
I AM a fan... undergoing a kind of unvoluntary button withdrawal treatment at the moment - with the cold + slush keeping me away from the one + only stall for which I ever bother to go to the flee market, + they only sell... yes
ReplyDeleteHurst textiles didn't run did it? I've put name down for when it does.. so looking forward to doing the wall-hanging...
ReplyDeleteI was recently in Southern Ohio and visited the Warther Museum. There is an entire (small) building filled with Freida Warther's button collection!! So many lovely things...here's a link for your enjoyment.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.warthers.com/Button_Collecting.htm
Those are very cool. I have some of my Grandmother's buttons, but they're much more common place than your's. jan
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