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Vintage Button Tin Finds & Handmade Ideas

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Closeup of a handmade button bracelet made with aqua stretchy cord and buttons in ivory, white, periwinkle, aqua, pipnk and purple.
Vertical flatlay grid of 54 vintage buttons five rows and nine columns. The colors go from pearl, butter yellow, light purple, pinks, reads, orange, blue, green, tortoise shell, black and last brass. Each has a unique shape some shank buttons and some with two or four holes.

A Collection Of Vintage Sewing Notions

Thread spools, whatnots, colorful buttons from my grandmother’s tin, and printable button cards from the studio.

Overhead photo of an open vintage button tin filled with buttons in blues, whites, grays, black, with a peak of the lid with yellow tulips on it.
Photo 1: Close-up of vintage wooden thread spools with colorful paper labels, featuring a red and blue Coats & Clark spool surrounded by well-worn sewing thread brands. Photo 2: Pastel button bracelet made with assorted vintage buttons strung on blue cord, displayed beside an open tin filled with white and cream buttons.

An Easy Stitch Project

Using a few buttons from the tin.

Three inch wooden hoop with ivory fabric embroidery cherry stems in green thread with on leaf at the top and two different red buttons for cherries on a warm wood background.

Vintage Notion Holder

A find from yesteryear at an antique store with sweet floral details—plus a couple of handmade ideas inspired by its design.

Vintage pink tiered sewing notion holder with translucent compartments for thread and a built-in pincushion filled with pins.
Left image: Close-up of vintage wooden thread spools with colorful paper labels tucked inside the translucent compartment of a pink sewing notion holder. Right image: Blue-and-white vintage child’s teacup and saucer repurposed as a pincushion with dark blue floral fabric and assorted pearl-topped pins.
Vintage wooden thread spool transformed into a miniature carousel with blue illustrated paper horses on decorative picks, styled beside red-and-ivory vintage ribbon.

Vintage notions that I’ve collected along the way.

Flatlay overhead shot of vintage notions including a Zig Zag Accessories tin, measuring tape, a vintage thimble with container, thread spools, a STAR darning box kit, tiny purse size sewing kit with a bible verse on it and a tomato pin cushion. Elements flow from red to brass to warn kraft paper.
Photo 1: Vintage travel sewing kit opened to reveal suede yellow interior, colorful thread cards, safety pins, buttons, and small sewing tools tucked into organized compartments. Photo 2: Two bright green vintage floral buttons displayed on an Art Deco-style card with geometric corner details.
Three vintage bias tape packages in red, mint green, and blue-gray, featuring colorful A&E, Fruit of the Loom, and Primrose paper labels.

Free Printable Button Cards

Print and finish with your own collection of buttons—download the printable here.

Victorian line art in navy blue of a girl with four flowers on her hat with buttons sewn onto the flower centers in purple, coral, emerald green and navy. Button carda and another card with maroon buttons and a hit of vintage ivory sewing tape in the package shown on a maroon background.
Colophon at the end of the Vintage Button Tins Find and Handmade Ideas post that has a vintage bobbin with a woven ivory cotton ribbon unwinding, stamped C. STUDIO.
Star divider used has two hand drawn lines with a star in the center, used as a content break and signals new or different content below. This doodle style illustration is in a medium charcoal gray.

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