Thought I would give you a tour of my sewing basket. It was bought at a local car boot for £3, it was in a sorry state. All the interior fabric was rotting and the plastic wickerwork was grubby to say the least! I ripped the fabric out and got my steam cleaner out and steamed the box for ages, to make sure that I got all the dirt out and killed of any nasties that might have been lurking, it was really yucky. I had some vintage peach Laura Ashley fabric for the interior, hand quilted a panel for the inside of the lid and another for the bottom of the basket and lined the sides, used ribbon to hold the lid. The flowers on the outside are a later addition. These are hand made from Card Candi which are coloured discs which are bought from the craft shop. The discs are shaped before setting into silicone gel glue in the shape of a rose with a punched leaf behind. They are fun to make and so pretty, I was trying to think of ways of using them, I put them on cards before, then I got the idea of putting them on my sewing basket. They are very robust once made so they shouldn't fall off (famous last words).
Forgot to do a before photo but here is the finished result.
The matching fabric heart pincushion was made using traditional English paper piecing as was the other pincushion and needlecase, all with vintage buttons from the button box. I love my vintage scissors, they look so much nicer than modern plastic handle ones. The darning mushroom was an Ebay purchase and is well used, I love darning socks for some reason, not sure if I am right in the head! Who darns socks nowadays? The sewing box sits on my coffee table so it is close at hand, its well used!
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