I used a super long piece of embroidery floss, threaded a needle on each end, and wove buttons and little beads all until I ran out of thread, basically. I used the beads to keep the buttons from overlapping, but they also help keep it from getting tangled.
I always meant to find a better way to display it, but a hundred years later, and they are still tied individually to binder rings, and clipped onto a tension rod. It was way too heavy for the tension rod to actually keep it up, so I ended up hanging it on loops made from braided hemp I had hanging around from my hippy days, which were nailed to the studs next to the door.
It is noisy, and heavy, and a magnet for little hands, and I love it. If you ever find yourself with an insane amount of buttons, I highly recommend making one. And, if you use a different method of hanging it, let me know. I might, someday, want to fix it.
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