On Buttons

button 
noun, but·ton often attributive \ˈbə-tən\
: a small, usually round piece of plastic, glass, metal, etc., that is sewn to a piece of clothing and is pushed through a loop or hole to fasten one part of the clothing to another part

I love buttons! What sewer or crafter doesn't?  I have an embarrassing number of boxes filled with buttons.  Here are just a few: 

What to do with all those buttons?  Well aside from there intended purpose, there are many sewing and crafty things you can do with buttons.  One thing I did years ago when I had the time to do art quilting was to use them as the focal point of a quilt by turning them into people: Buttonheads.

I entered this quilt in a contest run by Quilting Arts Magazine for their first ever calendar contest and was honored to get into the calendar for the month of January!

This quilt was the first in my Buttonhead series.  I created a number of smaller quilts which I hope to share in the future along with some other button projects. 

Have a fun day!
Cynthia