In honor of Count Your Buttons Day tomorrow, October 21, I did a little research on a button topic that has sparked my interest for a while: button strings. In Victorian times, young women in the U.S. would collect and trade buttons at parties, quilting...

Published Mon, Oct 20 2008 8:37 AM by Stacy Werkheiser

I’ve been thinking a lot about crafting generations. Recently, I read an article about a woman who was a fourth-generation button collector. Can you imagine the sentimental value of buttons collected by your great grandmother? I myself am a quilter, as...

Published Mon, Jul 28 2008 9:56 AM by Stacy Werkheiser