Originally Posted by Tippy
I can see that now... how very clever.. Hmmm.. wonder what happened to that button tin.... My grandmother used to remove all of the buttons from clothes that were headed for the scrap heap.. you have to remember that back then they didn't have all of these t-shirts and knit tops that we wear.. most things had buttons on them. I used to have a huge tin of buttons... hmmmm.....
Your grandmother? Hey, I still do that! My mother trained me- she grew up during the war when they had rationing and you couldnt be sure you would be able to source a button when you needed it. She saves zippers too, but I draw the line at that!