I went to Joann's and bought a lovely fabric covered box about 10 years ago. It has all the space for my regular sewing tools. Then I went to thrift stores and found 3 more for about $2-$3 each. I keep my hand sewing items in one box and my sewing machine items in another. I love them and they are very pretty. I take very good care of my items so I think they will last the rest of my life.