- - My first real sewing box
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Miss Purple Shoes
06-20-2011 03:17 AM
Beautiful.
Becka
06-20-2011 09:50 AM
Originally Posted by M.I.Late
Great idea quilting cowgirl! That would look awesome! Great find! Believe it or not, I use a tackle box and love it.
I use tackle boxes as well. I have one for regular sewing stuff, and one for quilting stuff, and one for cross-stitch projects. They're great, with all those little dividers and levels, and relatively heavy duty. :thumbup:
dglvr
06-20-2011 01:55 PM
Originally Posted by Becka
Originally Posted by M.I.Late
Great idea quilting cowgirl! That would look awesome! Great find! Believe it or not, I use a tackle box and love it.
I use tackle boxes as well. I have one for regular sewing stuff, and one for quilting stuff, and one for cross-stitch projects. They're great, with all those little dividers and levels, and relatively heavy duty. :thumbup:
I do that too. I got this sewing box and gave my husband a fishing box. It was a win win situation. :thumbup:
Wunder-Mar
06-21-2011 05:46 AM
Originally Posted by QuiltnCowgirl
Get a clear glass canister to put the old notions in. That way you can keep a part of sewing history, and use your "new to you" sewing box :)
When my mother-in-law passed away, I took out "one of each" for my two daughters and bought small sewing boxes to put them in and gave them for Christmas - although neither daughter sews (but they do cross-stitch to beat the band!), they had their grandmother with them. Since there was soooooo much, I bought some shadow boxes and made "vignettes" in each one, highlighting groupings of like/similar items (needles in their "book" case holders, spools of thread and a couple of notions, pin cushions - you get the idea) and found a small thimble display case for the several that were stashed away in her several sewing boxes. These are on my sewing room wall in a no-traffic area that I can still look at when I'm sewing.
