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More Red Cross buttons!
I just won an auction for these babies:
British Red Cross Society, bakelite or some other early plastic. So pretty! No idea what I am going to do with them yet, but I'll think of something. They are large, 3 cm, so maybe a jacket or something? If there were more I'd love to put them on a short-sleeved shirtwaist or something similar, but six is an awkward number for projects like that - I would have to choose between having shoulder straps or having it buttoned all the way up, even if I did a front button closure from the waist up.
Maybe with a notched collar, though... That way I could possibly get away with just three front buttons, since they are so large, two for shoulder straps and one for a pocket flap or something.
I have a decided preference for plastic military and civil uniform buttons - I don't like flashy brass buttons much, and while silver tone buttons work if the design is interesting I usually prefer the plastic and glass ones. The classic Soviet brass buttons with the hammer and sickle in a five-point star are nice, sure, but I like the subdued plastic version below better:
Hotness, I must get hold of some. There are gorgeous white plastic and glass uniform buttons too, usually for various navy uniforms - the white glass German Kriegsmarine ones are to die for. Perhaps a white navy-inspired dress is in order?
British Red Cross Society, bakelite or some other early plastic. So pretty! No idea what I am going to do with them yet, but I'll think of something. They are large, 3 cm, so maybe a jacket or something? If there were more I'd love to put them on a short-sleeved shirtwaist or something similar, but six is an awkward number for projects like that - I would have to choose between having shoulder straps or having it buttoned all the way up, even if I did a front button closure from the waist up.
Maybe with a notched collar, though... That way I could possibly get away with just three front buttons, since they are so large, two for shoulder straps and one for a pocket flap or something.
I have a decided preference for plastic military and civil uniform buttons - I don't like flashy brass buttons much, and while silver tone buttons work if the design is interesting I usually prefer the plastic and glass ones. The classic Soviet brass buttons with the hammer and sickle in a five-point star are nice, sure, but I like the subdued plastic version below better:
Hotness, I must get hold of some. There are gorgeous white plastic and glass uniform buttons too, usually for various navy uniforms - the white glass German Kriegsmarine ones are to die for. Perhaps a white navy-inspired dress is in order?