Vintage Sewing Box

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Started 1 year ago by klutzgrrl
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klutzgrrl
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I have this vintage sewing box. I think I paid about $50 for it or so; for a while it housed my Tarot cards until the collection got too large; then for a while it housed actual sewing stuff, but I find it hard to keep things organized in it, and it's awkward to open up.

I keep wondering if I could do something with it - line it with velvet and use it for jewelry or something.

Lol I know you're going to say 'just get rid of it!' ... but before I do... any suggestions?

it looks like the one on this page
http://www.kitschbitsch.com.au/index.html

maybe I should just find someone who loves vintage things...

Posted 1 year ago #
foilhead1
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do you know anyone who is just starting to learn to sew? It would be a nice gift for them or even someone who makes jewelry, etc. I seem to always know someone for just about everything because I am a hairstylist, we hear everything. Good Luck.

Posted 1 year ago #
Zora
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I have a sewing box just like that. I have been using it for years and I *love* it.

If you aren't using it, find it a good home.

Posted 1 year ago #
bandicoot
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you already know what i am going to say!
get rid of that thing!
you are casting around for reasons to keep it and that just screams CLUTTER to me.
if you are not already using it and loving it, then what is it doing taking up your valuable real estate?
don't get me wrong.... i think it is supercute! but i think that about LOTS of stuff. i don' t have to have it all in my home and maybe neither do you?

Posted 1 year ago #
needtocleanhouse
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Oooooo, your box is lovely. I just donated 4 older wooden sewing boxes similar to yours but without the legs that I just saw still available for purchase on line. I had bought mine a while back to use as display cases (I never used them for sewing supplies). They had been made in China and were inexpensive and did not hold up well. They were heavy and unwieldy, clunky and hard to open, and the fabric that lined them had rust spots. I had them sitting packed together in disuse for the longest time, sorta like a plebeian version of long lost magnificent Terracotta warriors just waiting to be dug up and found. I actually miss them now that I am reminiscing but don't want them back. If I had yours though, I would be seriously tempted to keep it because it looks well made, functioning, and lovely. Mine were starting to fall apart. I would place it on my armoire or dresser.

You definitely can use the case to hold jewelry (placed on top of an armoire or dresser) or coins or mad money or notes to God or make up/perfume or cooking spices/herbs or batteries or film or toothpicks or staws or candy or cough drops or cotton swabs or cookie cutters or Rx/over counter meds, collectibles (spoons? pins? Chinese snuff bottles? thimbles?).

I think if you don't want it that someone else would be happy to have it.

Good luck with your decision.

Posted 1 year ago #
klutzgrrl
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lol @ Bandicoot... yep, yep. It's one of those cases where you know the answer but don't want to listen!

it IS a lovely thing - very solid and in excellent condition. My daughter is learning to sew, but in our tiny house, something that takes up such a lot of space to even open isn't practical.(with both shelves opened up it must be over a meter wide; you can't leave it in the corner to use, you have to bring it out)

The reality is, even though I do love it, it isn't functioning the way I wish it did. I think I'll find a new home for it - I know a woman at school who is mad on vintage things (she sews from 50s patterns). If she already has one I'll put it on the sale noticeboard at the shops.

I love the IDEA of vintage storage and boxes and baskets, but the reality is that mostly they aren't nearly as functional as plastic!

The best storage box I have of that kind is a file box made of woven rushes - it looks great but also hangs files inside. It's my writing box.

Posted 1 year ago #
klutzgrrl
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I messaged my vintage friend... she loves it! It's going to a new home! :)

Posted 1 year ago #
Claycat
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Awesome!

Posted 1 year ago #
bandicoot
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nice solution!

i treasure having space to swing a cat (and i've got six beautiful cats to swing!) just as much as i treasure having lovely things around me.
and even the most gorgeous "thing" quickly becomes annoying stuff, if it is taking up too much room.
it's a fine balance. and one we all need to find for ourselves.

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