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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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  1. Anna Emilia Avatar
    Anna Emilia

    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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  2. Nicole Avatar
    Nicole

    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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  3. christy Avatar
    christy

    now this is a buttonhole I could actually attempt! lovely

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  4. nancy Avatar
    nancy

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

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  5. marina Avatar
    marina

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

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  6. Nana Linsai Avatar
    Nana Linsai

    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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  7. Margaret Oomen Avatar
    Margaret Oomen

    that is so true

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