Grandma Heidrich's Sewing Box

Today I became the proud keeper of a 1970's sewing box from Fabian's late grandmother. Margit and I were chatting at lunch about my mother's job as a seamstress, and how I have an un-used sewing machine at home that was too heavy for me to bring on the plane when I moved. I told her about repairing my friends' clothes at Webster, and that I would love to continue my crafty hobbies here. She told me to wait a moment, went to the laundry room, and came back with this awesome box!

We drank our coffee together and then I carried the box back to my apartment - to find that it matches every single pillow, tapestry & couch in the living room and brings all my mis-matched decor together nicely.  I spent the next two hours cleaning out cobwebs, dusting the thread, and sorting between useful things and items I had to throw away. The end result is an upper level that looks like this...



... and a lower level underneath the tray that contains yarn, scissors, safety pins, a velvet heart-shaped pin cushion, name tags from grandpa's old shirts, vintage buttons and spool upon spool of expensive wool/silk thread. It's more than enough to keep me crafty for a long time. Especially if Fabi's aunt still has grandma's old sewing machine - Margit thinks I might be able to borrow it back for a while.