Vintage sewing and crafty bits and bobs

[BitchyHen]

Does anyone else love vintage sewing boxes or craft items? I inherited a vintage sewing box after my Nan passed away earlier this year and I've just been looking through it. I love a rummage through old sewing and knitting bits and bobs in charity shops and antique/vintage centres, the kind where you get lots of little stalls mostly filled with tat and the occasional treasure.

Anyone else? I'd love to see some pics.

I have my gran's old sewing box ( and singer sewing machine) and have started my own button tin..used to love rummaging through hers as a kid

I've started my own button tin as well. It's a liquorice allsorts one and mostly has modern ones in, with a few vintage buttons I've picked up over the years. I was always fascinated by my mum's button box, which originally belonged to her grandmother, especially the glass buttons and one Victorian boot button.

Oh there's a shop near me you'd love! All vintage but charity shop prices. There's a whole section of old buttons, trims, laces, needles and hooks etc....Also have inherited some from my Nan. Will try to get pics later....

Ooh yes I've found my people

Very jealous of your shop Secret

Where is this fabulous shop?

Tenterden, Kent

www.pilgrimshospices.org/news/overwhelming-support-brings-record-sales-to-new-tenterden-hospice-shop/

Here's my recent-ish haberdashery find in a local charity shop. I've also got some vintage wool somewhere, looks like its from the 30s or 40s, I'm reluctant to use it, its almost antique!

Fantastic shop Secret, a bit far away for me though. Here's one of my favourite places for vintage crafty bits:
www.ironbridge-aac.co.uk
Last year I bought this gorgeous cigar box filled with thread, buttons, etc. and a sweet little needle case for about £4.

I know what you mean about being reluctant to use items sskk, sometimes things are too precious to use, and it can be more fun planning projects than actually making things.

A charity shop near me has a big plastic tub filled with buttons, 10p per button. I think a lot of them are cut off the clothes they throw out but occasionally they have buttons donated & put them in. A few months ago I was rummaging and started to find quite a few beautiful glass buttons, very old ones I think and some were quite ornate. They must have come from someone's very old button box. I ended up spending about £5 in the end over several visits. Most are clear glass with patterns or flowers in the design - probably Czech glass I think? I do intend to use them but am a bit worried about how they'd survive in the washing machine?

My heart leaps when I go to my favourite charity shop and I find a tin that rattles with buttons and other Sewing paraphernalia :)