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button box does anyone still have them?

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cornergran Wed 02-Nov-16 10:06:25

Oh yes. One of the things I can't part with.

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fiorentina51 Wed 02-Nov-16 09:45:43

I have one of my own, full of buttons gathered over 43 years and have now inherited MIL's which has a much grander collection than mine as she was a very keen dressmaker.

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emmasnan Wed 02-Nov-16 09:44:02

Yes I have one. Lots of memories when I search through, my DGD loves looking at them all. We still add to it.

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BBbevan Wed 02-Nov-16 09:41:00

Yes I do. Half from my Mum, half from MiL. The children always loved to 'sort' it. Now the DGDs love a rummage. I also have a ' bits' drawer in the kitchen which fascinates them also.

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granjura Wed 02-Nov-16 09:39:19

yes, my grans and my dad's after that (he was a tailor)...

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jordana Wed 02-Nov-16 09:35:40

Yesterday I had to sew a button on my hubbies shirt. It was a pale green shirt with same shade of button. I went to my button tin to find one and for a few minutes was lost in the memories of all the buttons I had kept. There was the red toggle one from my daughters duffle coat when she was around 10, the wee ladybird one from a cardigan, a nice silver one from a blazer I had, a yellow flower from a dress of my daughter. I could go on and on. Why did I keep them though? It,s not as if I will ever use them. My mum had a button box but I must ask my daughters if they have one. Do any gransnet members have one?

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