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ISO Plastic Sewing "Basket"
Hi Guys,
Delurking for some help. My trusty old, Ol, OLD sewing basket has finally gone to sewing heaven :*-(. It has to be 10 or 12 years old, has a broken hinge and deserves a fine, ceremonial burial of some sort. So -- now I am on a mission to find a replacement. There is one at e-Bay but it is much deeper than what I am looking for. What I have is the type with the single pull out molded plastic tray. The lower portion has spool pins and the tray is molded to hold a bunch of bobbins and has long portions along the sides for seam ripper, etc. I have *tons* of stuff stored in convenient containers and thread racks but the sewing box sits right next to my machine and has most of the wound bobbins and threads of the most commonly used colors. I don't have a regular sewing table type thing so have no drawers to keep stuff in. I have a 10 foot long wall unti that has cupboards on one side, a double sized wall bed in the center and a pull down table on the other end and this is where my sewing center is. So -- does anyone know of a source for the old style sewing baskets or something similar? Obviously, I don't need something all cutsey and fancy-schmancy nor do I need anything already filled with stuff. The plastic tackle boxes are the right size but they don't have the spool pins or the inner tray that will **easily** accommodate bobbins, etc. If I can't find anything else, I will likely have to make do with one of those type boxes but thought I would ask here first. I might get lucky and find a tackle box that is the same size as my sewing basket and just use my molded tray. The spools don't really need to be stored on spool pins -- they do stand up just fine all by themselves -- LOL! Thanks for any leads. I Googled and got all sorts of strange things :-)! Not at all surprising. Thanks & CiaoMeow ^;;^ .. PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ Queen of Kitties Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their WHISKERS!! Nothing is complete without a few cat hairs! Online Photos at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary |
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Dont know if its worth a look but art shops do boxes made for art materials that have compartments! I use a tool box, one made with all those little bits for nails etc, but looked and looked for a purpose made sewing box and they were just too tiny for my collection! Amanda |
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they don't have the spool pins or the inner
tray that will **easily** accommodate bobbins, etc. Have you seen these? They are excellent bobbin storage: the curvature keeps one edge of teh bobbin apart enough from its neighbor that you can easily pick it up: http://www.notions.fabricstodyefor.c...saver_case.htm Best bobbin storage I've ever had... they don't come unwound and tangle, and it can be hung up on a peg or dropped in a drawer or box. Mine lives on a hook under the sewing table at easy grabbing position. NAYY to the product, and especially to the retailer-- I chose it for the picture and a URL that fit one line. Mine came from a local quilt shop. Thread lives in plastic silverware drawer dividers that I picked up at the local dollar store. Unlike the rubbermaid ones I use for our silverware, these have dividers straight up and down, and no shaping of the bottom or sides. I suspect they were actually intended for packaging sets of inexpensive stainless. They live on the shelf under the sewing machine table. Kay |
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