Buttons for Decoration - what to do with spare buttons Post 525

 


Photo by Angela Lansbury

Do you have spare buttons from sewing kits? Or from clothes you threw away or gave away? Where do you keep spare buttons?

In a button box. How do you find it? Decorate it with buttons..

Here are some ideas for buttons.

1 Decorate Button boxes and sewing kits. 

2 Thread them onto safety pins or hang them from same colour or contrasting colour safety pins to make brooches.

3 Sew them around the neck and cuffs of a plain sweater.

Make a row of false buttons down an item with no buttons. Or beween the real buttons down the front of a cardigan.

4 Stick onto magnets to decorate the fridge.

5 Make ear-rings, necklaces and bracelets.

6 Use as handles or handle decoration or simpley stick on decoration for  a sewing or crafts cabinet or underwear drawer.

7 Scatter them across on old torn garment to hide holes and tears.

8 Use as eyes for soft toys. (Not for children uder three yeas old, Only for four years old and upwards.

9 Sew onto a headband or belt or both.

10 Decorate slippers

11 Decorate a picture frame

12 Add buttons and ribbon loops to create fastening for a wrap around skirt or beach sarong..

13 Use for dolls house furniture.

Useful Websites

Button Decor

https://diyeverywhere.com/2024/09/25/lady-collected-mismatched-buttons-instead-of-tossing-them-she-came-up-with-these-10-brilliant-ideas/

Buying Buttons

I dislike buttons with four holes. They might be more secure but they take longer to sew on and you have to be more meticulous in sewing with your needle in the same place. That weakens the fabric underneath, which is why some big buttons have a small button sewn behind the big one under the fabric. Here the buttons with four holes have been used to decorate the box.

Button covers

Useful Websites

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