Cotton buttons ...

Fabric buttons

Here's a card of early 20th century fabric buttons (in my collection) - being very small they were used for underwear or night clothes. They're especially attractive when used in conjunction with other decorative sewing techniques.

The white fabric on the top of the button, covers metal discs with holes in. This technique will be adopted for several other ideas I have - in fact I used it several years ago to make buttons & 'costume jewellery' to match an outfit I'd made.