Vintage Buttons
by Bonnie Bruno
Title
Vintage Buttons
Artist
Bonnie Bruno
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Photograph
Description
My grandmother lived through the Great Depression and lived by the adage, "Waste not, want not." When clothes wore out, she cut them into quilting scraps. Buttons went into a button jar. Nothing was wasted in her day. When Grandma died, a big box truck arrived at my door. I was four years old, and I remember the sights and sounds of that day very clearly. I sat on the sofa next to my mother, who tried to hide her tears. One of the items she pulled out of a big cardboard box was an old Mason jar, filled to the brim with buttons. This art print was created from a photo of some of those saved buttons - connections to a grandmother I barely had a chance to know.
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September 2nd, 2011
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Bonnie Bruno
Awwww, aren't those precious memories? Many years ago, who would have thought how special those simple objects would be to us? (One of my mom's favorite songs was "Precious Mem'ries"...now I see why.) Thank you, Debbie.
Debbie Portwood
What a wonderful story and shot!! My mom did the same thing, and I still cut buttons off old clothes. I dont cut the old clothes up, but I remember my mom cutting them into strips and crocheing them into rugs using a big wooden hook she carved out of an old wooden spoon handle, I still have the hook and it is so precious to me.
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