Never enough sewing notions

 

Wednesday was a great day to work at home. I assembled some sewing boxes for my Etsy shop, which required me to bring numerous jars of buttons and boxes of trims and fabric into the dining room. From the dining room windows I can see out to our side yard, the spot favored by birds, so I spent the afternoon with two of my favorite things, sewing notions and birds.

 

The bluebirds have been back to check out the boxes, and we also are getting regular visits by a pair of flickers and a tufted titmouse. When I wasn't distracted by birds, I filled vintage cigar boxes with an assortment of fabric and trim and tape measures and scissors and what-not. (The red one has been spoken for already.)


I tried to give each of them a different personality. (Sure sign you need to get out more: thinking about the various personalities of the sewing boxes you're making.)


This one has a cheerful, sunny personality, with yellow and white quilt squares and a yellow flowered feedsack.


And this one is sensible and sweet in shades of blue. Call me crazy, but one of my favorite things in here is the packet of pins, just in front of the Sewing Susan needle book. There's just something very general-store like about a paper of pins.

So now that you have the general idea of what my day was like yesterday, kind of calm and measured and pleasant, you'll understand why I'm so mystified by the fact that I woke up this morning with a knee injury. There was nothing wrong with it when I went to bed. This morning it's red and swollen and painful. "I hear that Etsy stuff can get pretty rough," my husband commented, without what I considered to be an appropriate amount of concern. It would be funny if the pain became unbearable, say, just around the time I usually start dinner.

 

This needle book kind of made my day. I've had it for a long time but never really looked closely at the illustration. Check out the supplies the plane is airlifting! 
   
  

Comments

[Tina]

How much fun it must have been putting these beauties together!

That Mr. Oodles is a funny guy. I hope you recover soon from your Etsy injury.

[Linda @ A La Carte]

Love those boxes of vintage goodies. How fun to put those together but dangerous as seen by the knee injury! Take care and hope you feel better soon...say after dinner? LOL

[Mary @ Turkey Farm Treasures]

What a clever idea for your collection of sewing notions. You should do well with these sweet vignettes.

[Jennifer Conway]

You must have had a fun afternoon! You do such a great job of putting them together - they definitely DO all have their own personalities! My fav. is the cheerful & sunny...

[laurie magpie ethel]

Of COURSE they develop their own personalities...those vintage goodies will do it every time! Great needle case in that last photo, just don't make them like that anymore.
hope the Etsy injury is healing....did you give hubby a bit of stink eye?

[julie]

I'm sorry I missed the red sewing box but not sorry I got to read the story that went with it...makin' me laugh as usual.

[Brenda Kula]

Those are two of my favorite things too: sewing notions and of course birds!
Brenda

[Wendy]

Clever idea, sure love the little iron!

[Rebecca]

Sounds like a wonderful day, even if it caused a mysterious knee injury! Those sewing boxes look like a lot of fun to put together. :)

[Lena]

These are wonderful. I love old sewing things. Well, I think a great many of us here in Blogville can relate to the "need" to have our sewing supplies airlifted in, especially if the world is feeling perilous. Handwork does have a way of calming one in times of stress, and surely blogging shows us that it creates community.

I hope your knee is ok. I wonder what on earth you did to it. Did you spend lots of time on your knees gardening? Don't wait to see a doctor if it doesn't seem better real soon.

Take good care,
Lena

[Into Vintage]

So sorry to hear about your knee. One time I almost poked my eye out with etsy and it took 2 FULL DAYS of bed rest before I could resume my normal household duties. Maybe you'd better put that leg up for a bit.

[Beth Leintz]

What could be better than watching the birds and playing with sewing goodies?

I'm guessing the knee pain is some kind of a delayed stress cooking injury and you probably shouldn't make dinner for the next two or three nights...

[susan]

im so happy to see you are still here and posting yummy pix. love your boxes. sorry your knee is out of commission :o(

[Carol @ Old Glory Cottage]

I would love to have an airdrop of vintage sewing notions, right into my backyard! You did such a great job of making little boxes of sewing joy. I hope your knee is feeling better. If not, it's always a good idea to rest up for a few days, prop that knee up under a pretty pillow, and under no circumstances should you even think about cooking. Everyone knows cooking is very bad for an injured knee!
I sent you an e-mail with a picture of that green and white thing on my porch!

[Julie]

Heh B - I jumped on the red one as you know because it was so CUTE! I can never get enough vintage sewing stuff - sorry about the knee - occupational hazard perhaps???? LOL Jewels.