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Stitching & Crafting Room:  What is in your sewing box?  |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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 Posted - Apr 14 2007 : 5:04:19 PM
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What do you consider “critical” for your sewing box? What do you make a special trip to the store for if you run out?
Alee
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Kim
True Blue Farmgirl
146 Posts
Kim
Pflugerville
Texas
USA
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cinnamongirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1682 Posts
Carrie
Canada
1682 Posts |
Posted - Apr 14 2007 : 5:56:18 PM
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| Fabric and more fabric and yet more for inspiration I also like magazines and books for ideas. |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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Posted - Apr 14 2007 : 6:57:05 PM
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critical? my 250 Reading Glasses!!!!!!
Give me a Joann's or Michael's 40% off coupon & I will go there in a heartbeat....even if I don't need anything.....just gotta use that coupon, it's a girl crafter thing!
I have said it before & will say it again, 'the one who dies w/the most craft supplies,,,wins!'
LOL!
tata-4-now
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theoanne
True Blue Farmgirl
282 Posts
teddie
CARROLLTON
GA
282 Posts |
Posted - Apr 14 2007 : 6:58:33 PM
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I have a favorite round "button basket" with leather handles that I got years ago. It sits next to the machine or next to me when I do hand work. It has pin cushion, needles, thread, seam ripper, small scissors, sewing gauge and any extras I might need for a specific project. It's kinda my portable sewing room.
Teddie
Too blessed to be stressed! |
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Lizabeth
True Blue Farmgirl
560 Posts
Washington
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Posted - Apr 14 2007 : 7:57:40 PM
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I have tried to maintain "project specific" supplies... but I have too many times gotten frustrated at not having what I need on-hand when some idea/pattern strikes me... so now I keep thread, snaps, elastic, pre-made binding tape, buttons, hook & eyes, embroidery floss, scissors (in various sizes), roller cutter and mats.
I cannot find my sewing gauge. :P I think that is going to warrant a special trip.
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Apr 14 2007 : 8:27:15 PM
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I have a very messy sewing basket that I love..and separate "project" bags...little totes usually. I always go back to that messy basket..mostly just the stuff mentioned above..I keep safety pins and a little measuring tape in it as well as the stuff others mentioned..and some mending stuff...lots of sizes of needles too.
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
1607 Posts
Michelle
Rosalia
1607 Posts |
Posted - Apr 20 2007 : 3:25:26 PM
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Messy, messy, messy. Can't honestly tell you what's in there. I could tell you what I go there to look for, and then describe all the things I'm surprised to find in there. Maybe I should just clean it out and turn it into a flower basket... I've moved into sewing crates. I do try to keep my sewing scissors, tomato pin cushion, quilting pins, and cutting wheel in there with at least a spool of black and white thread. The rest depends on what I've been working on and what I've yet to "file" into the crates.
We make a difference. |
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mommom
True Blue Farmgirl
854 Posts
Susan
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
USA
854 Posts |
Posted - Apr 20 2007 : 3:42:40 PM
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| My sewing basket has thread, seam ripper, pins, needles, hooks and eyes, snaps, scissors, tape measure, and tootsie rolls. I get hungry when I sew! Susan |
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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
2552 Posts
Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Apr 20 2007 : 6:15:45 PM
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LOL Tasha!
I keep my scrap fabrics in a box (I am just beginning so it still fits into one) and my current sewing project (diapers) are here on my sewing table in various stages of completion. Then I have my little box that has things like bobbins, needles, and thread in it. I just bought a seam ripper and nicer scissors. I didn't realize all my scissors were bad until my mom was up here trying to do a sewing project and we were having a hard time cutting through fleece.
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Jana
True Blue Farmgirl
482 Posts
Jana
Eau Claire
Wisconsin
USA
482 Posts |
Posted - Apr 20 2007 : 8:24:17 PM
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Just one box? hmmmm...
Well, if I were to just get down to bare bones, I would say, pins, needles, sewing gauge, tape measure, thread (lots of thread), a few vintage trims that were Mom's that I will never use (just good for the soul), buttons, scraps of black flannel and denim (husband works construction), shears and pinking shears, (both with squishy handles cuz of my fibromyalgia), a small awl and a seam ripper. Geez, thats getting down to basics!
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Apr 21 2007 : 07:50:25 AM
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in the 'dolly makin' world .. there are two 'tools' that are absolutely fantastic .. one is the TURNING TUBE .. you can whip those little arms and legs inside out in two seconds .. and the other is a STUFFING TOOL .. for packing the stuffing neatly and tightly into the tiniest corners! xo
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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herbquilter
True Blue Farmgirl
891 Posts
Kristine
Bonney Lake
Wa
USA
891 Posts |
Posted - Apr 21 2007 : 10:30:09 AM
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No box, either. Mostly my "grab & go" project is knitting or crocheting.
But my favorite sewing notion is this cool, sharp, almost scapel like seam ripper. I've even used it to take (cut) out really bad slivers.
Blessings,
Kristine ~ Mother of Many & Herbalist
www.herbalmomma.com
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Apr 21 2007 : 10:33:31 AM
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Frannie-
What is the turning tube? Something you buy or something you made?
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
1607 Posts
Michelle
Rosalia
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Posted - Apr 21 2007 : 11:05:51 AM
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sewing crates(huge, like steamer trunks or shipping crates on barges at sea...well, maybe I'm exaggerating, but it feels that big when I go to look for that bit of fabric I know I have somewhere...) not boxes (small)...and no, sewing refuses to be contained...you're right.
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theoanne
True Blue Farmgirl
282 Posts
teddie
CARROLLTON
GA
282 Posts |
Posted - Apr 21 2007 : 5:58:12 PM
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I only listed my portable basket that goes from machine to cutting table to armchair. Sewing in a box huh?.....OH MY I remember when I could contain it in one small closet,but that was YEARS ago. Now it has it's own room with several overflow areas. Too Many UFOs.
How I love to sew.
So much fabric and so little time :) TEDDIE
Too blessed to be stressed! |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Apr 23 2007 : 06:00:00 AM
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I just love my magnetic pincushion - it also picks up the occasionally dropped needle off the floor. I love hearing about everyone's sewing "boxes" (or rooms!!! ). All of my sewing happens to be in a corner of the small upstairs room - also known as the "closet" room AND nursery -- and you're all correct - it refuses to be contained!!!
XOXO, Libbie
"All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar..." - Helen Hayes |
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