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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, quiltingMore
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In case you haven't noticed yet, we have the button bug here at the magazine. We've been to the National Button Society convention and now we're ready to celebrate Count Your Buttons Day on October 21. In honor of button day, we are creatingMore
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Last Friday I drove up to Appleton, Wis., to attend the annual convention of the National Button Society. The event is dedicated to everything button — vendors selling buttons, hobbyists buying buttons, collectors competing for prizes with displays ofMore
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Last week I had an opportunity, along with the rest of the Bead&Button staff , to attend the National Button Society Convention . Conveniently, the convention happened to be in Appleton, Wis., this year, which is only about an hour and a half driveMore
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If you’ve been out and about shopping recently, you’ve probably noticed a preponderance of small packaged candy lining the shelves. That’s right, we’re gearing up for Halloween! But before you start counting your sacks of sweets, get ready to count somethingMore
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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, asMore
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