Sewing box or basket

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What do you keep your bits and bobs in? Mine are currently in a broken plastic basket and I'm looking to upgrade to something a bit more funky. I've had a look round but everything seems a bit floral, cutesy or boring. Any ideas or links would be great :)

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I currently have a old hand luggage sized suitcase my nan gave me with a seperate button tin (even if there is loads of buttons in my suitcase) A bag I made full of zips (I have no idea how to do zips) a rectangle shaped tin with cotton in and a safeway green box full of material. Need to sort it all out.

A suitcase could work. I've seen a few trunk style ones around

Check out art and craft shops or vintage craft fairs for a sewing box and use jam jars for keeping buttons in.

I have a old steamer trunk, it has a insert in it that lifts out.
Fabric is in the bottom and I bought some vintage tins to keep all the bits and pieces in in the top tray.

My crochet is now living in a picnic basket.

Boring is fine if it keeps your stuff organised.

I got a gorgeous new one at hobbycraft of all places yesterday!! I never normally go in. They had a big sale on all boxes, as much as 30 quid off. I got a really big one. I can even use it as a footrest! The fabric is a bit twee but its fun and i can re-cover it or add things to it to make it more to my taste.

Boring is not fine how can you suggest such a thing??

I have a huge bright spotty beach bag with my current crochet project in it, DD has a beautiful flowery/leafy gardening tote with pockets with her little crochet project in it.

I have an antique Walnut Sewing Box - and love it!
You can pick them up quite reasonably at local auctions - and sewing tables with storage too.

I have a lovely wicker & plastic one sewing basket. It's 1960's I think - I bought it on EBay for about £12.

I use my old plastic nappy box! Perfect size and has enough wee dividers in the lift up shelf but for small things

I bought a tool box from Halfords! Plastic front so you can see where everything is. Once you open the lid, there are lots of individual 'cubes' you can lift out, so its brilliant to see at a glance where everything is, and you can just lift out the section, with pins, or elastic etc. whatever it is you are using at the present. Much more functional than prissy pretty sewing baskets, and you can store loads in it, and can be stored upright without it all falling out.

www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_198515_langId_-1_categoryId_255213

I bought one of these last year www.rosecottageboxes.com/large-boxes.shtml and it makes me feel very happy every time I look inside at all my beautifully organised bits and bobs.