Old Buttons, New Acquisition

The closest thing to sewing happening here - In an effort to delay having to do my taxes, this Saturday DH and I took in some of the local Antique Malls. The Ohio Valley AM is a newly opened shop that seems to be doing great business. While travelling along the aisle, I found this big gallon jar almost full of buttons. There are a number of Mother-of-Pearl, some big coat buttons, some different designs and sorts of colors, and some just plain old plastic. Lots of good stuff here. Here are some views.

Button, Button

I bought one of the bags of buttons from Fabric Mart (http://fabricmartfabrics.com/). It is quite impressive.

The photo shows the sorting I've done - about half the bag (that is the other half on the upper left. I'm going to have to find something to use all those purple buttons on. There are some nice black and white buttons. Lots of neutral colors. And as you can see, varying amounts of the different styles. So far, just one pink, two turquoise and three yellow! There are a slew of dark green and some nice blue.

So if you've been wondering - this is what the bag looks like!