Shaker Style Sewing Box

I love boxes and baskets. If you look around my home, I have decorative bandboxes,Shaker style boxes, and an assortment of baskets holding sewing items, ribbons, projects, and even cat toys.

Shaker style boxes appeal to me because of the wood; the many tones, colors, and grains of the wood. They are great for organizing the many small bits I use for various projects. One is currently holding the ribbon bag I was working in at last weekend’s event. Another is holding pieces for walnut bags.

Two weekends ago, while perusing the local fleamarket, I saw this small Shaker style box. It is just the right size for a sewing box as it can hold small tools and pop into a bag or trunk.

I lined it with purple silk taffeta, giving it a divider and velvet pincushion. Being purple, it needed a lavender sachet.

I used Fanciful Utility techniques for the lining; covering pasteboard. This creates an insert that slides tightly into place without permanent glue. I prefer this method for most projects like this because it doesn’t alter the original piece.

When I listed this, Etsy reminded me it was 2016&17 when I previously offered a few of these lined Shaker style boxes. They were very popular then, as were some lined baskets I made. I feel like making some more if I can find the right materials in the wild. I would like to do some pincushions as well.