Does anybody actually save the extra buttons and thread that comes with new clothes?

[Jeafl]

I used to, but I had no idea where to keep it so I would remember where it was if I ever needed it. Now I just throw them away with the tags.

 

[Imzadi]

I have a big bag of them. The problem is, the clothes that end up with a button missing are never the ones where they give you an extra button. So now I have a bag with single, unmatching buttons.

 

[disykat]

I toss them in a junk drawer. It just occured to me the other day I should go through them. I have buttons still in little bags from things I got rid of years ago.

 

[Firefly09]

Buttons go into the sewing kit, thread is thrown unless it's specific like silk for a sweater or very unique color. The buttons get used unless they too are unusual, then they're saved for the specific clothing item.

 

[jenneth79]

I have a small canning jar (the one w/ the hinged lid) that I throw them all into. I cannot say they're terribly organized, but they are all in the same place and look pretty as well!

 

[apirateslifeforme]

I have a whole tin full of buttons. I think I'm saving them to create a unique piece of "art" someday

 

[NMAmy]

Yep, I have a tin in which I keep all the buttons. Actually, if I throw an item of clothing away, I snip the buttons off, as well.

 

[NotUrsula]

Of course, but I don't store them separately. I take few moments to sew them to an inside seam so that they will be handy when I need them if one of the buttons come off.

 

[klmall]

Yes, after 10 years or so I can usually find an appropriate one when I need it and I use some in scrapbooking. They reside in a clear water bottle and reflect light in pretty colors in the morning!

 

[Tuffcookie]

Unless it's a very unusual button I throw them away.

TC

 

[MichelleVW]

Well, since I can't sew on a button, I toss them! If I lose a button on something it pretty much goes in the trash, so no need for the extra buttons.

 

[cathyce2]

I used to, but I had no idea where to keep it so I would remember where it was if I ever needed it. Now I just throw them away with the tags.

My daughter is involved with a charity thru school that helps cancer patients. If you have buttons to spare I know they would love to have them.
http://hugsandkissesinc.org/

 

[Mrs.Toad]

Of course, but I don't store them separately. I take few moments to sew them to an inside seam so that they will be handy when I need them if one of the buttons come off.

Wow! You are organized!


I save them in my sewing basket. Don't think I've ever used on on the article of clothing it came with though.

 

[Bella the Ball 360]

I have a big bag of them. The problem is, the clothes that end up with a button missing are never the ones where they give you an extra button. So now I have a bag with single, unmatching buttons.

ME TOO! I am always happy when I get a garment that has an extra button or sweater with extra yarn (but I really do not know what I am supposed to do with this). I save them in a special box and I think possibly ONCE I used one. However, the one I used was slightly off so I do not even think it matched the blouse for which I used it.

 

[Bella the Ball 360]

Of course, but I don't store them separately. I take few moments to sew them to an inside seam so that they will be handy when I need them if one of the buttons come off.

GENIUS!

 

[shortbun]

I have one of my dad's old cigar boxes with buttons in it. My son used to love to look at them.

 

[NotUrsula]

Wow! You are organized!


I save them in my sewing basket. Don't think I've ever used on on the article of clothing it came with though.

Actually, I'm not very organized, which was the problem when it came to finding the right button. I don't have a sewing basket, I have a sewing closet, and I have thousands of buttons that date back decades; many of them I inheriterited from my mother. (I also never throw buttons away; those little suckers are expensive. Like a lot of people who sew, I often switch out the buttons that came with a garment for ones that look better on it, especially if the awful buttons were the only thing that caused an otherwise nice piece to be on clearance. )

The thing of it is, I come from a family of very busty women; we're always losing buttons. I figured out in my teens that Murphy's Law dictates that when you lose a button it always happens in a public place. Eventually I figured out that when it came to extra buttons, the only logical place to store them so that I could deal with such problems when I needed to was on the garment itself. I always carry a little TINY emergency button-sewing kit in my purse; it's a little capsule as big as a pen cap with two needles and three colors of neutral thread.

 

[Jeafl]

Of course, but I don't store them separately. I take few moments to sew them to an inside seam so that they will be handy when I need them if one of the buttons come off.

Actually, I'm not very organized, which was the problem when it came to finding the right button. I don't have a sewing basket, I have a sewing closet, and I have thousands of buttons that date back decades; many of them I inheriterited from my mother. (I also never throw buttons away; those little suckers are expensive. Like a lot of people who sew, I often switch out the buttons that came with a garment for ones that look better on it, especially if the awful buttons were the only thing that caused an otherwise nice piece to be on clearance. )

The thing of it is, I come from a family of very busty women; we're always losing buttons. I figured out in my teens that Murphy's Law dictates that when you lose a button it always happens in a public place. Eventually I figured out that when it came to extra buttons, the only logical place to store them so that I could deal with such problems when I needed to was on the garment itself. I always carry a little TINY emergency button-sewing kit in my purse; it's a little capsule as big as a pen cap with two needles and three colors of neutral thread.

You're my hero!

I'm usually the one asking everyone around for a big old safety pin.

 

[kcool]

I do not save mine, but I remember as a child my mom had an old tin box that had many, many buttons in it. When my mom passed away one of my sisters said that she would take them, she would find something to do with them. On Mother's Day this year, I got a box from her. It was a wooded picture frame with the buttons decorating it! It is so meaningful! I just love it!