Good start

Got a good start on a big project last night. Never touched the sewing machine :)! But a difficult layout is coming together. More tweaking tonight and I may be able to start sewing this weekend. Don't mean to tease but the final look is going to be a surprise to someone on LJ (they know about it, just not the final look) so yeah, I'm hedging. I'll take pics and post as I get further along.

And I was crusing ebay this morning, window/bargain shopping, and saw this .

The last couple of years I have found that my interests in sewing are not neccessarily confined to the 16th century (or earlier). I seem to have developed a curiosity about everyday sewing from early in the 20th century and parts of the 19th century. eBay is a fun place to cruise for these odd bits and these sewing caddy's tend to turn up fairly frequently. Basic construction is about 30-36 in. high, each half is 15-16 in wide. Folded depth 5-6 in. Construction varies and most seem to be homemade. Some of the ones I have seen also have a small shelf that folds down. I know that one company, 'Sew Tidy' actually made and sold some caddies but I have a hunch that instructions were also available in some of the sewing magazines from the first half of the last century, just haven't been able to find them yet. I can see this being a very handy place to keep quite a lot of basic sewing supplies which can then be conveniently tucked out of the way and pretty safe from small children.

Wouldn't work for me though, way to much Stuff :)!

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mistresangelfur inspired me to make the above icon. The idea coming from a similar one she has.

Well, really, it was an excuse to put this together and put it up at my desk to terrify my faculty :).

Thanks for the idea, hope you don't mind that I borrowed it!