Assemble a small button card for a sewing basket . . .

Never throw a button set or single button away!
Collect and organize them on cards or keep
them in a attractive tin.

       Practice cutting flower shapes from colorful or printed scrap paper for this simple sewing basket craft. 

       The printable, just right, includes a tiny pattern for flower petals. You will also need a needle and thread with like colors to sew the buttons onto the card and white school glue to paste the paper flowers to cardstock cut into small rectangular shapes. 

       The process of making button cards like the example shown here, is an  excellent way to organize your duplicate buttons together until you need them. It is also a creative way to give a button collection to friends who loves to sew.

        There are many people who collect button sets just for fun! Buttons may be organized according to style, color, age, or size. However, most people collect them into sets so that these may be sewn together on garments.

       Buttons have become very expensive these days. Sometimes buttons cost more than the fabric they are sewn to. For this reason, I often will cut the buttons from old, worn out clothing that can no longer be worn or thrifted.

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