by bfiggefox | Sep 12, 2020 | Crafting
In this project, Mary Jane combines her skill with quilting and her love of buttons. She explains how she crafted her entry in a competition (now postponed) based on Mary Shelby’s button quilt. Mary Jane contributes in many ways to the New Jersey State Button...
by bfiggefox | Aug 6, 2020 | Chronicling
Covid19 has played havoc on our hobby. But — when the pandemic started, button sales seemed to soar. With staying home and time on their hands and no button shows to attend — what else were people to do than peruse the internet for buttons. With all the...
by bfiggefox | Jul 22, 2020 | Chronicling
“Thank God for Buttons!,” says Mary Stampleman, in the middle of the COVID lockdown. “At least we have a wonderful hobby to turn to when we need to escape!” She has collected buttons for more than 35 years and is partial to Division 1 glass....
by bfiggefox | Jul 22, 2020 | Chronicling
Nancy DuBois has been creating buttons for more than 25 years and has more than 3500 collectible buttons out in the button world, almost all of them most of them numbered and catalogued. Her materials and techniques include leather, wood, vegetable ivory, bone, paper...
by bfiggefox | Jul 22, 2020 | Chronicling
Jackie Moreno is president of the Jersey Shore Button Club, and her husband, Matt, paints studio buttons and button cards. Here she tells about her “button life.” My interest in buttons began as a young child. My mother had many of my clothes made by a...
