Okay. Let me be clear hear... this is not a description of the typical, picnic basket sized sewing container that holds every gadget you would ever need for every project. This little diddy is about sewing on the go... or, better put, sewing while you sit. You know what I mean. Your exhausted. The kids hands and feet are sticky. The house is trashed. And there's no way that you are going to do one more thing until you sit a spell. Unless that one more thing means a simple, "sew while you sit" project.
For quick handsewing, you will want to keep everything handy in an easy to reach place. I usually have five to six “hand” projects going at one time (to avoid boredom), and I keep them strategically placed at my “points of collapse” (i.e. the recliner, kitchen table and of course the sofa).
Here's what goes inside my mini sewing baskets.
Pre-threaded needle, (double threaded, knotted at the end), in the same color as my project. I keep several of these, ready to go in each basket. (Threading is such a headache in low light)
One small (very small) pincushion
The fabric to be sewn.
I also include a small new testament, that my teenager reads to me.
Then, when I’m “in the zone”, I simply reach over, grab my basket, and listen to her blissful voice.
Or, if we're both sewing, I read us a chapter and we meditate while stitching.
Happy sewing!
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