On a Bit of Green for Spring

My St.Patrick's Day post did not get up, nor due to a challenging past few weeks did one of my St. Patrick's day projects even get finished. To avoid going through another month with just a book review, I've decided to do a a brief post devoted to vintage green things that make me happy.

Tea cups! While most of my teacups have plants on them, two get the prize for being on the greener side. 

The first one is part of a playing card set, which came in white, black, and avocado green (unfortunately, the ones I found didn't have the saucers).

 

 

The second one belonged to my great-grandma and has a delightful little scene at the bottom, which I love!

This record album, which spends a lot more time in the frame that it does on the player, has a nice green glow to it, which makes the lovely ladies on it stand out ever so much more, in my opinion. (Possible sneak peek for a future Album Cover Story, as it's been quite some time since I've done one and I really would like to resume that series.)

 

 

One can't get through this post without seeing something sewing related, so here we have some buttons, a belt buckle, and a small spool of green thread. The green thread came from a vintage Tidee Maid Deluxe sewing box that was filled almost entirely with little spools of green thread.  

And not vintage, but I wanted to share it before the month was over, this shamrock was my one completed St. Patrick's Day project.

There were two little clovers to go with this large one, but turning the stem portion turned out to be an absolute nightmare and I managed to poke a hole through the base of one of the stems, turn the one stem inside out through it, then couldn't get it right side out again, and had to cut it off. That being said, from this point on, any clovers I make will absolutely not be made out of any fabric that is 100% polyester! ♥  

On Buttons

Buttons come in a variety of shapes, sizes, colors, and materials. They can be functional or decorative, providing one with a way to keep something fastened or providing one with a nice accent for a pillow. As a small child, buttons may serve as playthings that fascinate and keep one occupied for many a happy hour. And as an unintended risk, can lead to a lifetime fondness of old buttons.

In sewing, buttons can have a great impact on how quickly a project will be finished. Because one will be wearing the buttons attention should be paid to how well matched the buttons are to the type of project. One, for example, would not use gold buttons with anchors on a pink gingham square dancing dress (which leaves the new owner with the task of replacing them). In finding the right buttons, button holes are then to be considered and from there the attachment of the buttons to the garment. In creating button holes, especially of the bound button hole variety, size of the button should always be considered least the button prove too small to stay in place once buttoned. Attachment of the button should also be carefully carried out to avoid incorrect placement, which would be nearly as bad as the button being too small, and to avoid them being too tightly or too loosely attached.

So, while one may take buttons for granted, they are indeed most important. And even if one is not using them for sewing or some sort of craft, one may find themselves recalling fond childhood memories of playing Button, Button, Who’s Got the Button? on a rainy day or being reminded of a fairy tale character’s confusion over the shiny yellow buttons buried in the garden. ♥