Do you ever use the extra buttons that come with your clothing?

Never!!!

I never have – on the garment it came with. But I saved them anyway. Even after the garment was long gone, I’d have this collection of odd buttons.

I like to knit, though, and buttons are useful for other stuff. Once I learned how to make things that only need one button (like small pouches or purses) or that are amenable to a playful selection of mismatched buttons (like baby sweaters), I was in business!

Never….they hang around on my dresser until I get tired of looking at them. Seems like a waste, but I suppose it keeps the Chinese workers busy packaging them up and attaching to the garment.

I have never used them, but I have a small drawer for them “just in case”. Just in case of what, I’m not sure, because as with laureth, most of the clothes are long gone now.

I have always had to use mine, since I can’t be bothered reinforcing the buttons as they come, with threads dangling.

I keep an entire jar of buttons, thread, etc.
But can never find the ones I need when I need ‘em.
Sheesh.

I use all sorts of buttons in making macramé so I think they’re pretty useful :)

I have had to use several of them, so I always save them. If they are not unique, I sometimes give some to my children to use in craft projects.

I always keep them attached in the clothes I am wearing…as long as they aren’t irritating to me…and they come in handy. On a business trip I have been known to lose buttons on jackets, blouses and skirts. I carry a little sewing kit and have re-attached lost buttons in many an airport lav. I honestly believe that the problem I have is with my dry cleaner who probably presses the clothes incorrectly as most buttons break and don’t just pop off. He’s a good customer of mine and that’s why I stay with him.

I have used them once or twice, which is enough to make me save them all—at least until the garment goes bye bye.

I always love getting those buttons, even though I have only rarely used them. But they do give me a kind of comfort—especially if the button is kind of rare. Know the Frog and Toad story about the lost button?

@Susan; Tell, tell.

I have a cousin who sews those odds and ends of buttons onto her sweatshirts- where ever she gets a stain, she sews on a button or group of buttons, in a design. She also uses fabric glue to attach small crocheted doilies to some of her casual shirts or sweatshirts, (some are overlapped, and sometimes there is one on the back to match)- and sews the pretty buttons onto the doilies. She has darling unique sweatshirts- and none of them with visible stains!

Is China the only place makes garments with buttons?

lol…I just bought 3 shirts with extras yesaterday. I always save them. Couldn’t tell you where any one of them are today tho!

I use them occasionally. Good idea to sew them to the inside hem if they are small. You could glue extras to thumtacks or pushpins for a fun bulletin board.

I’ve used one once, on my favorite car coat.

Also, I love Frog and Toad.

(No one is going to tell me about Frog and Toad?)

@gailcalled. Here is a place you can look at Frog and Toad.

http://www.amazon.com/Frog-Toad-Friends-Read-Book/dp/0060239573/ref=ed_oe_h
this is the one with the lost button story in it.

Thank you, greylady. I am sad to be learning about these charming books only now. Somehow, we missed this series when the kids were growing up. Maybe they were young too long ago.

@Gail: One is never too old to read Wind in the Willows! Enjoyable at any age.

I guess you have to sew to appreciate them. I don’t own a needle or thread. Or an iron.

I and my kids have read Wind in the Willows many times. I thought the reference would have been to that book. Is the new series a take-off for younger kids? I do remember that Toad loved “messing about in boats’ and reckless driving and flying.

My apologies…I just saw “Frog and Toad” and made an erroneous assumption. I’d never seen that book either.

They sound like great fun for little kids, though. G