Pretty Buttons

My mother was a beautiful seamstress.  She used to make a lot of my clothes when I was growing up.  When I was a baby and a toddler, she went to all the trouble to sew lace on my socks…way back before you could buy ready-made lacey socks.  When I was in the first grade, I was an angel in the school Christmas pageant.  She made my costume and then painstakingly hand-sewed hundreds and hundreds of individual sequins all over it so it would sparkle and shine under the lights on the stage.  She made clothes for my Barbie dolls and outfits with matching bonnets and shoes  for my daughter’s Cabbage Patch Kids.  My mom  even made baby blankets to coordinate with all my daughter’s newborn outfits.  The peach and white dotted Swiss sun suit my daughter wore on her first birthday was handmade by my mom to coordinate with the colors and design on the birthday cake.

When my mom passed away, I inherited the extensive collection of buttons she had accumulated during all the years she sewed.

I did not inherit my mom’s love for sewing but I do love buttons.

My favorites are the pinks and whites.

Are you drawn to buttons too?  What’s your favorite color?

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Posted for “Pink Saturday” which is hosted by Beverly @ How Sweet the Sound.  Go visit Beverly’s blog for a list of others who are into all things pink and pretty.