Vintage Sewing

Wednesday, 26 May 2010

The Daddy Monkey gave me the most gorgeous vintage sewing box for Mother’s Day this year.  I love it so much.  Much better than the messy basket-with-everything-shoved-in-it system.  Ahem. Have I mentioned before that he is awesome?  He is.

And what better to put in the box, than two great thrifted sewing stashes? I found the tracing wheel (more on that in another post) and a bunch of thread, snaps, buttons and patches all jumbled together in a plastic bag at the Goodwill.  The other score came from one of those funky thrift shops where the little old ladies get mad when your kids touch things (not a good place for us).  But that thrift shop has the best selection of old sewing stuff.  They always have tons of old metal zippers for a quarter apiece, and I have been buying them up and stashing them.  The quality is way better, and obviously cheaper than buying zippers new.

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6 Responses to “Vintage Sewing”

  1. Nicole Fronter Dreams writes:
    No. 1 — May 26th, 2010 at 9:37 pm

    Oh I am so jealous! What a treasure!!

  2. reallyrosey writes:
    No. 2 — May 27th, 2010 at 3:29 am

    my grandmother had the same sewing chest. and i recognize a lot of the notions. i loved to sit and unfold the box and look at all the things that were in it. there were always a few things that didn’t belong in there like a half of stick of doublemint gum or a couple of bobbie pins. but it was so much fun. i wish i had it now.

  3. ayelen writes:
    No. 3 — May 27th, 2010 at 1:43 pm

    jackpot! gotta get together sometime for a sewing extravaganza!

  4. exhale. return to center. writes:
    No. 4 — June 4th, 2010 at 2:54 am

    what a treasure — the sewing box and your wonderful hubby!!

    xo

    ~erin

  5. kangaroo writes:
    No. 5 — July 16th, 2010 at 3:31 am

    I was just scrolling down your blog and saw this–how did I miss it? It is RIGHT up my alley. So beautifully compartmentalized and vintage and romantic. LOVE!

  6. A Few Purses and a Sad Wallet Story | The Laughing Monkey writes:
    No. 6 — January 25th, 2011 at 11:07 pm

    […] for the fabric selvedges I had been saving for a long time.  I pieced them together, slapped in a vintage metal zipper, and lined the whole thing.  I used Amy Karol’s (The Angry Chicken) instructions from her […]

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