Here are 3 displays I’ve come across in unrelated shop windows in the past few years.
Buttons. Paris, France. August, 2007.
Sewing machines. Boston, MA, USA. December, 2010.
Thread. Shanghai, China. May, 2012.
Here are 3 displays I’ve come across in unrelated shop windows in the past few years.
Buttons. Paris, France. August, 2007.
Sewing machines. Boston, MA, USA. December, 2010.
Thread. Shanghai, China. May, 2012.
collecting tokens 
Ooh. I like the thread.
I’m partial to the buttons. Very cool photos.
Those are cool photos. Always liked buttons and thread– to look at, not to actually sew with, mind you.
Awesome! (I’d like to point out that that word contains “sew” backwards.) But seriously, I love these photos, with the patterns and repetition and colors.