I don’t remember my grandmother ever throwing anything away. I sat and ripped buttons and zippers out of any old clothing before she cut it all up and used it to make quilts. I Still remember her coffee can full of buttons that I had to sort through if we needed some for something she was sewing. ;)
great idea!
I am going to start such, I have jsut been throwing the buttons away, I keep a pretty zen like place
I am surprised that she didn’t make you sort them and string buttons that were same together on a cord.
I had to chuckle. Frankly, I’ve lost 105 pounds and my 4X flannel shirts became foolishly way too big. My daughter took about 15 shirts and cut them into 5 inch squares.
Then she presented me with a “queen” sized flannel quilt made of countless plaid square flannel pieces. Warmest thing I ever slept under.
Joseph had his “Coat of Many Colors.”
I have my “Quilt of Many Plaids.”
It is so beautiful I feel guilty wrapping up in it.
I still take buttons off clothes before throwing them away...if someone isn’t wearing something we take it to the second hand store so clothes only get tossed if they are rags. I used to make quilts, especially out of old jeans, those were so warm. I still recycle everything I can by getting it to someone that can use it.