Half Moon Button Club
of the Capital District
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Welcome to the website of the Half Moon Button Club of New York's Capital District!
We would like to introduce the Club, invite you to join us at our meetings, and provide some information about other button societies.
Check out the tabs (About, Collecting, Members' Stories, and Gallery) above to explore further.
Quite a few members of the club went to the National Button Society Show in Manchester, NH. Here, we've gathered for dinner on July 29. We're anticipating the opening of the room sales!
There was a focus on the birth of the country, and the buttons and fashion from that time. There were several exquisite outfits in the lobby of the show. Here are views of two of them, with their hand-embroidered buttons.
You'd almost think you were back in the 18th century!
On left, 18th c. Engish working-woman's outfit (middle class). Dressing an audience member with all the components.
18th C. French Fashion
18th C. French Fashion
She's dressed!
She's dressed!
And of course, the sneakers are authentic!
On Saturday, July 18, members of the Half Moon Button C.lub traveled to Fair Haven, VT to meet with members of the Verd Mont Button Club. This is the second time we've done so, and we had just as enjoyable a time as we did last time we visited, 2 years ago! This is a tradition that we love--getting together annually, alternating between Vermont and Albany). This time, Lisa (sitting, first on left) gave a wonderful program on damascene buttons. Click on the Gallery tab to see more photos from this event, and examples of damascene buttons, courtesy of Lisa.
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