Originally Posted by
eparys
I use the large Tic Tac containers for pins, needles and bobbins when I travel. They are fantastic for knitters as well - I keep stitch markers in them in each knitting bag I have!. I also have several of the tall oval containers that Crystal Light comes in all around the sewing room. I use them to hold olfa cutters (they fit perfectly inside), pencils, rippers, small scissors and small tools (little screw drivers, my "purple thing"etc).
Oooh, you just made me think about a variation on this... I have a few Altoids containers that I've affixed a magnetic sticky-backed sheet onto the inside bottom, something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/10-Adhesive-M.../dp/B07V3CZ1BD
I used it to put eyeshadow pans in...but it would *really* be handy to keep pins/needles from falling out of a little travel kit for sewing!