Nice, decent sized sewing box

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Can anyone help please? I'm looking for a nice sewing box as a gift for a friend, budget around £25. I can find plenty that are attractive, but the ones I can find that are big enough to hold dressmaking scissors are too expensive. Thanks.

have you tried john lewis?

Yes, theirs are either too small or too expensive.

Don't know if it would be as appropriate as a gift but I use my old baby box- they're ideal.

Have you looked at the JL ones in RL or just online?

i have this one and my dress making scissors fit in (albeit under the plastic shelf thing rather than on it...)

I use a big plastic tool box! Perfect, but not very gifty...

Just online ja9 - that one doesn't give its dimensions How big are your scissors?

My mum and I both use this tool box from B and Q as well, lots of little trays in the lid for little things and then I have little cloth bags underneath for threads/bobbins etc and everything else is chucked in.

I also use a tool box. Cheap, big, practical.

I have this one from Dunelm.

The scissors slot in the pocket things on the side.

I have searched the internet in the past for this and not found anything. They all look like they are designed for my granny (i.e. very old-fashioned). My Mum has a lovely mahogany antique one - what about an antique one (if you can find one!) I'm on the look-out too!

There's a clear gap in the market, isn't there?! But thanks LLW, I think that may be The One

Have you seen those wooden boxes (cream) with flowers painted on them in garden centres/homebase etc?, they have a lift up lid and pull out drawer. Last year I was given one of these full of sewing things and it looks lovely as an ornament too.

I have this one from B&Q, it has 2 small boxes I use for buttons and ribbons etc, it's been great. I really struggled a good one. Try looking somewhere like Hobby Craft for Craft Boxes, rather than just sewing boxes. They don't look as pretty, but do a reasonable job.