tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432226.post726268042518618292..comments2024-01-31T17:39:44.323+00:00Comments on margaret-cooter: Button boxesMargaret Cooterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08529035740804527176noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432226.post-76011847523255483302013-05-30T22:20:49.659+01:002013-05-30T22:20:49.659+01:00Now I know why I collect buttons that I'm not ...Now I know why I collect buttons that I'm not likely to use, they are as you have rightly defined them "surrogate buttons". I played with my grandmothers button box, and then my mothers buttons. But being a good housewife she cleared out her clutter and kept a card of serviceable buttons. Gone were the oversized, the shiny, the cracked and the lonesome buttons of my childhood and I obviously missed them.Linda B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05490436237080230938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432226.post-68026848260027856702013-05-29T17:25:37.266+01:002013-05-29T17:25:37.266+01:00Jaquinta, I feel that much morality is tied up in ...Jaquinta, I feel that much morality is tied up in tiny decisions - like, whether to mend a garment or go out and buy a new one - which might be made by poorly paid workers, of poor fabric, needing to be thrown out and the cycle of consumption repeated. With a button box and other sewing tools - and, of course, knowhow - the garment can be mended.<br /><br />That's just one example of morality/ethics in action in the small things of daily life. What bothers me increasingly is that individuals are urged to take these "redemptive" actions to "save the world's resources" -- when big companies and governments aren't making the decisions that matter on a larger scale.Margaret Cooterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08529035740804527176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432226.post-86293571843234906772013-05-29T12:21:05.686+01:002013-05-29T12:21:05.686+01:00you say 'much of the morality of daily life is...you say 'much of the morality of daily life is tied up in a button box' and I wondered what you might by that?<br /><br /><br />londonbookworks.blogspot.co.ukJAQUINTAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366229409436180155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432226.post-10393565605228734492013-05-26T23:14:21.565+01:002013-05-26T23:14:21.565+01:00You describe me in that first paragraph, and my an...You describe me in that first paragraph, and my ancestors in the rest. My collection is partly my grandmother's (actual bone buttons and a button hook for when shoes buttoned up the side, some glass ones), partly my mother's (huge ones that went on coats, incredibly decorative ones with rhinestones or plain but faceted and scored plastic ones)and partly mine from the days when I made my own clothes, and then shirts for my husband. Because of the button collection, I sometimes didn't need to buy buttons for my homemade clothes - the proper ones could be found in the button box. Thanks for sharing your collection and these thoughts on what all this means.The Idaho Beautyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09979439849662755082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20432226.post-71916395616807832782013-05-26T18:30:01.690+01:002013-05-26T18:30:01.690+01:00I used the button jars to amuse my and other young...I used the button jars to amuse my and other young children...... sorting by colours, shape, big, little and for counting practice. I loved the sound of them being rattled round on a tray as they were handled. My buttons are from three generations of - savers and menders. Ireneirene macwilliamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11758839710333575379noreply@blogger.com