Sewing box with goodies
My brother-in-law (Paul) and I have a special long-distance friendship. We email often but our favorite thing to do is to find bargains at thrift stores and garage sales or make things and send them to each other. Sometimes I send him canned veggies from my garden or homemade egg noodles and he sends wonderful items he finds in his thrift store travels. It’s so fun to get surprises in the mail… the bigger the bargain the better!
Today, the mailman came with a huge heavy package from Florida. I was excited as I opened it to find cargo shorts for Bob (his favorites!), vitamins to make us stronger, a book I’ll enjoy and this beautiful stuffed sewing box.
Digging through this sewing box brought back happy memories of doing the same with my grandmother’s supplies. I used to love rewinding threads, sorting and organizing all the treasures in her sewing box. Today, I felt the same pleasure.
As I dug through it, I immediately contacted Paul to express my love and appreciation. He explained when he purchased his used sewing machine from a neighbor, it came with this stocked sewing box. Since he rarely uses the machine and only for the most basic sewing, he gifted the sewing box and all its goodies to me. How neat is that?!!
Just like with my grandmother’s sewing box, I’ve rewound thread, thrown away bent/rusty needles and organized everything. What fun!! Not shown in the picture but included were 3 Raggedy Ann patterns and required fabric to make them, a package of unwaxed tracing paper, 1/2 lb. of new steel pins, several Pfaff bobbins, machine needles and some buttons.
Thanks again, Paul, and thanks for all the love shared through our many years.
Shirl