Vintage Buttons is a photograph by Bonnie Bruno which was uploaded on September 2nd, 2011.
Vintage Buttons
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... more
by Bonnie Bruno
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Vintage Buttons
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Bonnie Bruno
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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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