Diamonds In the Rough

My year of making string quilts started out

with these lovely color family isosceles triangles.

The blocks are coming along nicely.

Smaller amounts of lovely greens and purples,

and yellow, blues and oranges.

Surprisingly, a large amount of browns, 

and the same amount of beige/white units!

Red seems to be the big winner!

They will end up in a few different tops.

It is possible that one will be completely blue,

with maybe a hint of yellow or green thrown into spice it up.

Maybe even black, which always makes the colors pop.

Blue is my largest scrap color 

so there are a lot more scraps to be sewn up. 

There weren't any gray strips lining up

to go into the triangle blocks.

The gray drawer in my storage bin,

has an abundance of strips so I may revise that,

 in order to add gray to one of the colors 

that's a little short on blocks.

That was my initial plan but a 

color wash top would be fun too!

The color piles were moved in to storage bins in 

the workroom to present a bit tidier look for zoom meetings . 

The tidy lightens up the mood too!

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Are Buttons a Stash?

 Stash -/staSH/   a store or supply of something, 

typically one that is kept hidden or secret.

So, does this meaning describe a supply of buttons?

How many of us have a goodly supply of buttons?

Do we keep it secret or hidden?

Time for confessions is now. 

Here is a tour of my button stash.

I am not a "buttoner" as  button collectors are known. 

I have buttons because people give them to me,

I find them, I put them all in one place. I have a weird

frugal idea that I could use them for something worthwhile,

be in  clothes or crafty items. 

Recently, my button supply has increased due to 

legacy buttons, and estate donations.

I even get some as surprises among sewing scraps!

There are many superstitions about buttons.

An odd number of buttons on a wedding dress, 

were supposed to mean good luck.

Sewing a white button with black thread was bad luck

and finding a button is lucky.

 The oldest button is about officially 5,000 years old!

I like to display some of my buttons

and every so often I need one.

Many of mine are kept in antique canning jars like this one,

or decorative tins.

More antique jars,

and some are hiding away with other items.

I have green ones, pink ones,

big ones and small ones. 

More in jars, 

and lots are in bags.

Some look like bones, and some look like bees.

Some look like cups!

Many are are hiding on shelves in little containers.

 

I don't count these, they're more like beads.

These are from Scottish highland costumes, 

so they have lots of memories.

This one is more like a bone than a button.

So, do I have a stash or a collection?



It is surprising how many I have

 when I track them all down.

There is even a Legacy Collection

that should get sorted and dispersed.

Have fun with your buttons!

Stay safe and button up!