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On Buttons

3/26/2015

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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: 
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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.
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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!
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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


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