broken shank on button...no way to sew it onto the jacket...now what am I suppose to do. I guess I can head back to M&J to buy another button...but I am just not feelin' that right now.
I have put three days into this jacket and I am ready to move on...so I go scrambling around in my considerable button collection and I find these vintage buttons from my friend Joanna. I originally wanted to put them on the jacket but there was only two of them....
Now should I have a different top button? Yeah! 'Cause I am sooooo over this jacket! *LOL* But will the button fit through the buttonhole...a few anxious seconds there and yes! It fits through the button hole...so for now I have a different top button than the other buttons...
I can always get to M&J during the week to pick up TWO more buttons to replace the broken button! Now what have I learned from this little adventure:
1. ALWAYS buy more than enough buttons - no more scrimping!
2. That the buttons I thought were plastic were actually glass so every time I dropped them I was probably damaging them!
3. It's good to have a collection because there is always something in there that can pinch hit! *LOL*
4. No one really looks at the buttons that hard anyway, 'cause I bet none of you noticed the top button was different!
That is a beautiful button! There's nothing wrong with one different button, especially at the top. Think of it as an additional piece of jewlery.
ReplyDeleteI think your solution is perfect. And I will no longer be cheap about the extra button either. Last winter I made a coat with expensive glass buttons. I did not buy extra. Well, the bottom one fell off even though I had sewed it on with beeswax coated thread. It chipped. I either need to find 2 more buttons or replace them all. Live and learn.
ReplyDeleteI guess thats why my mom always bought like 5 extra buttons. All the extras went into one of the many sugar cookie tins she filled up over time. But it also worked out if we lost a button on anoter garment. I can't tell you how many unique tops buttons I had on my clothing.
ReplyDeleteThis feels a little deja vu to me about the buttons. You though feel so comfortable with one different one, me NOT! I really love your version of this jacket. I need to write a review for PR of mine.
ReplyDeleteCarole says...
ReplyDeleteI often use ALL different buttons on my garments. Some are the same color, sometimes multicolored buttons make for just the right accent. Since I am the patchwork kid in the neighborhood and enjoy finding prints and geometrics that go together, it is like patchwork that I find intriguing.
Dec. 3, 2007 9:05pm