Must Have Buttons!

I've been good. Honest I have.
But today, my addiction got the best of me. I succumbed.
MUST HAVE BUTTONS.

Over the summer I've been collecting buttonishy (yes, that word must exist somewhere) fabric.

And it doesn't help to have friends who point out every buttonishy possibility.
(well... maybe it does help, because I bought everything they noticed.)

Bev even mailed me her scraps from Logan.
Margaret donated an entire half yard of a great find.
And they have all been sitting very patiently on a shelf, calling to me......"Come find me. Let's play!"

So today I pulled them all out.

After all, doesn't something bad happen to fabric if you don't "Air" it out? I know I must have heard that somewhere.

My grandmother made my brother a sock monkey when he was a little boy. He loved it so much he decided he was going to "BE" a monkey when he grew up. Every time I look at sock monkey's, I think of my big brother, who I still idolize.

Jackie told me the symbols on this fabric are Pennsylvania Dutch.

I'm ruined, I tell you. I had to hold myself back today and limit myself to two from each fabric.

A few months ago I purchased 100 (1 1/2" size 60) backs and eyes from http://www.coverbuttons.com/

I'm a little embarrassed to tell you that I've just about used them all. You know what that means don't you?

After all, I still have lots and lots and lots of fabric left to make covered buttons with.

Yep, I will be ordering more. I should have stock in this company I've recommended them so often.

These were my favorite out of the group I made today. Any quilt fabric with birds has been calling to me.

I'm going to have to come up with some kind of fun project to put these on. The only thing I know is it...

MUST HAVE BUTTONS.