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’21-08 Introducing Button Aerogramme

Remember aerogramme, a thin sheet of light blue paper that folds into an envelope framed by the red and blue airmail stripe border, with pre-printed postage stamp?

Archive: Territorial News – Newsletter

The Western Regional Button Association published its quarterly newsletter called the Territorial News until the fall of 2021. WRBA is pleased to share our older educational articles with the button-collecting community. […]

2021–01 Feb –Durell, Sylvia–BUTTONS + HANKIE = FISH

My Pink Button Fish started with the beautiful fabric that I used for the background. After looking at it for a couple weeks, I got the inspiration to do a pink fish. I thought the buttons would make the perfect representation of fish scales, so I sewed them on in a layered effect. I came across a pretty vintage handkerchief for the fins, which I stuffed and sewed to create a 3 -D effect. She looks quite feminine, I think !

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