“Maybe I need a better sewing box.”
Missing a button on a favorite hoodie and wanting to fix it before it goes away for summer, I had to empty everything out of the box before I could get to my damned buttons.
Bought this little Sterilite tub shortly after I found myself living alone again, damn near 20 years ago. Since then my sewing duties have insensibly increased to where the tub isn’t getting it any more.
Looks like I need to spend a little time on Amazon?
ETA: Oh, hell no. It appears that purpose-built sewing boxes are like womens’ shoes: Fancy but poorly-made imitations of the real thing. I’ve got an old plastic toolbox around here that will serve much better with a little cleaning up.
I thought you might be better served with a tackle box or a tool box, so I went to Amazon to see what might be on offer. There I found the following.
Tool box: http://preview.tinyurl.com/hpxe54c
Sewing box: http://preview.tinyurl.com/hvny3ke
I found the price disparity amusing:-).
That’s hilarious!
I have LOTS of sewing stuff. 🙂 I have some that I got from my mother even. Over the years, I’ve bought plastic shoe boxes at the dollar store and find they work perfectly to keep things organized. I just recently retired some of the oldest ones and got new ones. For someone alone, who doesn’t actually sew, a small tackle box would probably be ideal.
Damn. Sparkles are expensive.
A small tackle box is what I got for the daughter…works great! The other type of lidded plastic box with moveable dividers is another choice. Old school is putting buttons in little jars or metal tins. Remember you mother or grandmother’s button box and how much trouble you got into for playing in it and not putting all the buttons back?
My Grandmother used one of those big tin cookie boxes you get at Christmas time. They last.
My maternal grandfather, who was something of a gadget freak/packrat, had one of these sewing boxes, but he had removed the legs from it and stashed it under a bed.
Two tips I’ll offer for sewing repairs: buy a needle threader. My aging eyes can’t deal with threading a needle without assistance any more. Also: keep a box of waxed dental floss in the kit – – it is stronger by far than thread and repairs made with it, such as buttons sewn back on, tend to last longer.
I keep loose buttons in a glass jar. Bonus is you get to see what’s in there before you stick your fingers in.
I’ve been using an old bank deposit bag for my kit but I’ve noticed lately it’s getting a bit too stuffed. I was figuring I’d run across the right toolbox sooner or later to upgrade into – that or one of those plastic shoeboxes.
Those needle threaders are great! Found one a couple years ago and had to ask quite a few people until someone recognised what it was and explained it to me. Between that and the reading glasses I can actually do neat stitches.
I also discovered a great item for the sewing kit in the last year – fabric glue! Seems to hold up pretty well on cottons and through washings. It’s got it’s limitations – but it’s quick and easy and beats staples and/or duct tape.