buttonholes

May 30, 2012

No, I'm not going to write about sewing buttonholes, because I don't enjoy those very much. Rather, I was remembering today about how sometimes, little sprays of flowers pinned to a shirt or dress are called 'buttonholes'. It seems quite old-fashioned and lovely. At the tropical wedding I went to last month, we all had buttonholes made from frangipani and gardenia flowers. Here is a little anemone buttonhole (brooch) I made using some very small stitches, grey linen and a metal frame pin in which to put the work. It's part of my shop update today. Imagine having real-life anemones (miniature ones I suppose) pinned to your cardigan! That would be a good conversation-starter.

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10 responses to “buttonholes”

Anna Emilia

May 30, 2012

Good sunny morning greetings from summery Finland.
“Buttonholes”, that sounds so interesting, as a word and how they can be in real life. Yours is very pretty.
In languages I enjoy the small differences. In Finnish “a buttonhole” would be “a button’s through” (napinläpi).
Bird cherry scented greetings Melissa!

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Nicole

May 30, 2012

When I go for a hike, I always pick a few flowers and stick them through a buttonhole on my top. Your version is lovely.
Here, we call them “boutonnières” (the french word for buttonhole).

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christy

May 31, 2012

now this is a buttonhole I could actually attempt! lovely

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nancy

May 31, 2012

We call them boutonnieres.
I like wearing flowers. Your brooches are always so nice.

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marina

June 1, 2012

So Beautiful!! already sold, next time perhaps, it will be mine….

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Nana Linsai

June 1, 2012

Yo defendía a capa y espada http://www.bolsosonline.eu a Cupcakes by Tom, pero las tres
últimas veces que los he comprado la calidad ya no es la misma. Si bien sí son los más
baratos que conozco, ante la proliferación de las cupcakerias se quisieron subir a este boom
y aumentaron su precio. http://www.sac-burberry-echarpe.org
No sólo la calidad del cupcake disminuyó, también antes los que trabajan ahí eran muy amables
y ahora como que ya se les subió o tal vez sólo fue mala suerte y me tocó el empleado ro?oso

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Margaret Oomen

June 4, 2012

that is so true

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September 10, 2013

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