Sounds like you got a heck of a score on the buttons!! I would try to use them as decorations on a quilt or in the sewing room for that matter. I dont know why but I have quite a few vintage buttons that I keep in a jar and as I find them I add to it. To me its neat looking at all the different colors and types in there.
But you want to know something funny though.......out of all of these vintage machines I own I do not have the first Buttonholler. :roll: :lol:
Billy