I’m a bit of a craft addict and if I didn’t have my hobbies sometimes I think I would go crazy. I love having several projects on the go and at the moment I am planning some appliqued tshirts for Edward, a cot cover/crawling blanket for the Second Baby as well as some fun autumn and Christmas crafts.
Unfortunately we don’t have much space for my craft supplies so they are dotted around the gingerbread house until we move somewhere bigger next year. As well as my lovely Cath Kidston sewing basket and shelves of sewing books I have jars of pretty buttons, boxes of ribbons, threads and notions. I can’t resist the odd vintage find and I’ve picked up some great supplies during my recent thrifting trips.
Some of my favourite items are wooden spools which look great on the mantelpiece. I love the packaging on the box of Sylko threads and the lettering on the bakelite pin box. The vintage sewing box is cute although definitely not big enough for my needs. Fortunately these little finds are destined for displaying only, and they hardly take up any room so I didn’t have to ‘declare’ them to my husband!
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11 Comments
Annie
September 4, 2011 at 9:49 pmOh I can relate to this completely as I hoard all things crafty. My husbands nan sadly passed away a month ago and my MIL has just given me hubbys nans old cantilever sewing box crammed full of vintage gems.
I had a lovely time this afternoon looking through it with my 3 yr old daughter ( who’s got the first signs of chickenpox – ah!) Hundreds of vintage buttons, ribbons and Skylo cotton reels – the origional wooden ones too ! Some of the buttons are still attached to the cardboard with the price on there of 5p !
jenny
September 4, 2011 at 9:54 pmMy mum had one of those cantilevered sewing boxes! Lots of fond memories of looking through it and picking up pins with her magnet 🙂
Faith Hope and Charity Shopping
September 4, 2011 at 9:59 pmI’m doing Christmas stuff too – as you can probably tell from Pinterest! When do you think it becomes acceptable to blog about Christmas?? I guess I have to keep a few posts until at least December…
Love the suitcase with the lovely Orla K print. Is that paper or fabric inside?
jenny
September 4, 2011 at 10:23 pmI lined the case with Orla Kiely wrapping paper. I love the way it looks 🙂
I’ve bought a lot and made a lot of Christmas presents too! It feels so autumnal at the moment, I’m itching to blog about it all …
Tammy Loves Dishes
September 5, 2011 at 3:20 amThis is a sweet find. I love the little wooden spools. For me there is something so endearing about sewing supplies.
Zaranne Handmade
September 5, 2011 at 9:56 amOh how I love finding vintage sewing treasures. They always have such lovely packaging and great quality. x
Liz Burton
September 5, 2011 at 4:20 pmI’m building up a little collection of wooden sewing reels too! Love the way they look grouped together.
Thanks for linking up x
Molly
September 5, 2011 at 5:12 pmLovely finds, and they look great displayed in your lovely suitcase from last week – perfect! x
Kate
September 5, 2011 at 6:18 pmI like and have recently enjoyed looking through my late mums’s sewing box. Makes you very nostalgic too.
Lovely finds
Trissta
September 7, 2011 at 8:16 pmOooh! Great finds! I totally love the vintage spools. So many things I could think of to do with those! Good luck and I can’t wait to see what you do with them!
Much Love,
Trissta
Ana
September 7, 2011 at 9:19 pmOh how neat!! Thanks for linking up to thriftaholics weekly at Sweet Serendipity Design! Hope to see you there next week 🙂