The Man has shown an interest in stitching, but his stuff was scattered around in different places. In my quest to make it as easy for him as possible, I gathered all of his stuff and measured it to see how much storage he needed. He's a seafaring soul, so I wanted his box to reflect that. Plus, I found some great things and I was dreaming about using them.
Here's his Jellyfish Box:
And here's a view of the inside all filled with his things:
I made him a project bag and stashed his projects inside to keep them clean. It's a pretty simple bag, with French seams on the inside, hemmed at the top, with a snap to keep things from falling out. I wanted to make it large enough for a couple of projects, but just the right size to fit inside of the box. It's covered with sharks because he survived a great white shark attack when he was captaining and he's fascinated with them. It's always shark week at our house.
He claimed my green floss ring, but I kept the Avlea thread cards for myself. I'm not completely insane. Yet.
I found these great little tins (with jellyfish, no less), and lined them with magnetic adhesive sheets. I think I got the magnetic sheets on Amazon, and they're pretty slick if you want to magnetize something. They're about the size of a standard piece of paper, and you just cut them with the scissors that come with the sheets. Then you peel the plastic off of the back and stick them on. That way, he will be less likely to lose his needles because they won't fall out of the smaller tin. I shook it Dairy Queen style to make sure. The larger tin also has a magnetic sheet that I put inside of it, and there's enough room for his Avlea needleminder (yes, he has one!), a needle threader, a seam ripper, a stiletto, and a few wonder clips.
The box is large enough for an embroidery hoop. I lined it with paper that reminded me of tide pools. There's plenty of room for charts and some more project supplies. It's about 12" long X 10" deep X 2 1/2" high.
I'm still working on my technique, so his box is not perfect but it was really fun to make. I'm kinda sorry I gave it away. At least it's in my house, and I will definitely enjoy seeing him use it. And I will know where to look when my Avlea thread cards and needleminders mysteriously disappear.
This box and tins are totally cool. I think they are works of art. In fact, I think you could sell them quite well, ( if you continued making more) including to me.