Hello! It’s a Totally Tipster day around my house today. I have been making blessing outfits for my grand babies, and came to the button part of the pattern. Oh no, ugh! — this is always such a chore because my button box looks like this:
Come on, I know that most of yours look very similar to this as well:). Now, I like the look of a button jar or the feel of running buttons through my fingers, but this is not a decorative button box. It is supposed to be a working button box.
I dug around looking for matching small white buttons for about 30 minutes, and finally said, “Enough already!! It’s time to fix this!”I took out a package of large safety pins that I had in a drawer and got to work.
I divided the buttons by color and then started pinning button sets on pins. It really didn’t take that long, and they look so pretty!
Not every button had a matching set, so I left those alone in the box for single button projects.
I just love LOVE LOVE how easy it is to find buttons now! Pick a colored pin and off I go:)! SWEET!!
I hope this Totally Tipster Tip helps some of you get your button collection under control too. Please feel free to leave me a comment if you do:)!
Until tomorrow–
It's a T-Sweets day! 
I love that idea! I have my mother’s button box as well…. I am definitely going to do this!
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In so glad Brenda!! You will be happy you did:)!
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Brilliant idea! Must get some safety pins!
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Why did we wait so long? Easy, inexpensive, and so handy!
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Have you been in my sewing box by any chance? What a clever idea, and so pretty.
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Lol! We crafters are all alike!:)
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And now if I would just safety pin the buttons tower when I take them off the garment going to scrap world……😃 great idea!
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This is perfect for scrap world button saving!
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Absolutely!
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Fabulous idea. I have a gallon jar full. Little ones like to play with them (no not the size little ones who would swallow them!), but maybe I’ll do this with some of them anyway.
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Oh definitely have a grand children button jar! That comes with the job description:)
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What a fantastic idea Tracy! Safety pins have to be the most versatile thing ever invented!! 😀
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That’s a great idea!
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This is a great idea!
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That’s a neat idea! I might copy that one for organizing my stash too ❤
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I hope you do! It has certainly made my life easier:)!
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Love,Love it!!! Thank you!!!
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Hello Patty! I’m so glad this little tip inspires you. It has made all the difference for me. Thank you so much for stopping by and – Happy sewing!😊❤️
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Thank you for sharing. I am going to have fun with my kids today using your idea to organized my buttons.
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Hello Tanya! What a great activity to do with your children! Kids love to play with the button box:). Have fun! —Tracy:)😊❤️
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Immediately after see this I ran to my very modest button stash and attempted it. I had already sorted them by color but they lived in sad little zip bags. This worked great except for some the larger buttons that kept the safety pin from closing. So all in all about 95% effective with some stragglers. Another thing I did since I had several pins of a single color (mostly black and whites) was to string the individual safety pins on to another larger safety pin by the little loops at the bottom to keep color families together. Thanks for such a great idea!
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Hi Cristina! I’m so glad you gave this a try! I love the idea of adding the safety pins to the other safety pins. Great idea!
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