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I just realised I have a sewing box full of them.. You know those extra buttons you get attached to a new piece of clothing you buy? I tend to throw them into the sewing box and forget about them . Some of the buttons are to clothing I threw out long ago. (probably because they were missing a button:D )

what do you do with the complimentary button that comes with your clothing, do you throw them out with the tags or keep them for a rainy day to sew on your garment just because you're bored?

I'm sorry but i thought this was about a panto called Cinderella



I'm going

oscar;1151846 wrote: I'm sorry but i thought this was about a panto called Cinderella



I'm going


WHAT? :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

fuzzywuzzy;1151847 wrote: WHAT? :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl Oh those buttons

Personally..... I can't be arssed with them. By the time a button falls off me, I've changed my mind about the outfit anyway :wah:

I use to keep them but now I throw them out with the tags

fuzzywuzzy;1151844 wrote: I just realised I have a sewing box full of them.. You know those extra buttons you get attached to a new piece of clothing you buy? I tend to throw them into the sewing box and forget about them . Some of the buttons are to clothing I threw out long ago. (probably because they were missing a button:D )

what do you do with the complimentary button that comes with your clothing, do you throw them out with the tags or keep them for a rainy day to sew on your garment just because you're bored?


When you finally make dusters out of your worn out clothing don't you cut the buttons off and put them in your button tin - just in case?

I leave them on the garment, as they are usually in an inside, out-of-the-way place !:)

Bryn Mawr;1151889 wrote: When you finally make dusters out of your worn out clothing don't you cut the buttons off and put them in your button tin - just in case?


Make dusters out of old clothing? HUH? DUST? It's not computing in my brain .

Good god man!!!! you actually dust? I'm seeing you in a whole different light now............I shall call you "James"..........yes ............"My good man, James"



Yeah Gilly I usually remove them from the garment because sometimes they rub against the skin.

fuzzywuzzy;1151968 wrote: Make dusters out of old clothing? HUH? DUST? It's not computing in my brain .

Good god man!!!! you actually dust? I'm seeing you in a whole different light now............I shall call you "James"..........yes ............"My good man, James"



Yeah Gilly I usually remove them from the garment because sometimes they rub against the skin.


I got taught proper I did - you don't throw good bits like that away, might come in useful one day

Bryn Mawr;1151889 wrote: When you finally make dusters out of your worn out clothing don't you cut the buttons off and put them in your button tin - just in case? Just incase of what? :wah: A national button crisis? :yh_rotfl

When I was a kid my dad told me if I pulled my belly button out my legs would fall off.

My father was cruel.

Nomad;1152295 wrote: When I was a kid my dad told me if I pulled my belly button out my legs would fall off.

My father was cruel.


But how else do you clean the fluff out from behind it?

Bryn Mawr;1152303 wrote: But how else do you clean the fluff out from behind it?


If only I knew Bryn.

Kids are always fascinated by buttons. If they keep the kids amused for a couple of hours then they're well worth keeping.

If you have loads that you don't want, give them to a primary school. They make great counters and are good for maths problems - how many pink buttons / how many blue buttons / which pile has most or least buttons (estimating skills) etc.

They could also be used in collages or for sewing or threading (using fine motor skills).

And if they're made of chocolate they're GREAT for eating!

oscar;1151996 wrote: Just incase of what? :wah: A national button crisis? :yh_rotfl


Hey it could happen!!!!!



Very good point Rapunzel.:-6 I was just thinking of that charity drive we had a while back for old sewing machines for women in rural third countrys. They'll need buttons surely? hhhmmmm you've just given me an idea.:-6:-6