I have a friend that made a "Buttons and Bows" quilt. She made bow tie blocks that were arranged in shaded color rows diagonally across the quilt. She wanted to sew matching color buttons in the plain parts of the blocks, but didn't have enough to do it. One Friday night, my husband was gone, so she came over, we spread the quilt on the floor, and my LARGE glass terrarium jar of buttons out across the whole family room floor. We sat on the carpet for hours while she found just the right button for each spot. I don't remember how she ever kept them in the right order. She entered her quilt in the county fair and won a ribbon. I was so proud for her and cherish this memory.