My sewing supplies

Eh, I posted my carving tools, may as well post this as well

A pile of sewing supplies on a white crocheted rug, different colour spools of thread, needles, scissors, fishing line, bobbins, a measuring tape, a stitch puller, a piece of leather, and needlenose pliers.

Y'know, I posted my carving tools, I should post my sewing supplies too. I'm not even sure why, it just seems like I should.

As one may suspect, we have a pile of random colours of thread, a handful of different types of needles, scissors, a pair of pliers, and random miscellaneous bits and pieces for my mom's sewing desk, pictured below. It's extremely old and a bizarre "Phillips" brand that I haven't been able to find really anything about online.

Safety pins, always a must! That fishing line, probably my favourite thing inside of here, 13 pound Spiderwire fishing line, if you want something to never break, you hand-stitch it with that stuff. Those scissors? They have an actively difficult time cutting this stuff. Generally speaking I need to use the aformentioned carving tools to cut this stuff, I love it.

The other vitalest tool in the bag, aside from the needlenose pliers (since 99% of the things I sew are hand-stitched) is that little scrap of leather. Learned from my Cree fam, holding a needle between a piece of leather is absolutely *incredible* for both grip and acting like a thimble. Most of the patches on my backpack were sewn on with that little piece of leather, and it is essential.

Not much else to say about this except sewing supplies, everyone should have them! Fix your torn jeans, attach a patch to something, fix that sock and save money, everyone needs to know how to sew, and everyone needs sewing supplies.

2025 update! Not only did I find a suitable tin for the sewing supplies... it wasn't the obligatory Royal Dansk Danish butter cookie tin (I did try fwiw, but the smaller size available in local stores didn't fit it all, and the larger size was only online and expensive), but I stumbled across this 200 year anniversary tin of Cadbury chocolates, so you'll do the trick! Added bonus, you're square, which makes for more efficient fitting and storing! And then, to tide me over until I can get the Phillips machine serviced, I got a Brother sewing machine off Facebook marketplace, and that will do me for the time being.

And in June of the same year, I found something of which I have sought for ages, a tomato pinholder! Oh my goodness, it seems that in the current age it is SO difficult to find the classic tomato (and mini-tomato needle sharpener) pin/needle holder! My mom had one, it brings back SO many memories! Forever, it sat on the upper right corner of the sewing desk. So today (June 24, 2025), in wandering around the city, I stumbled across a street market, and a vendor there carried several of these! So naturally, I needed to get one. WOOOOOH, I have sought one of these for SO long, I am so glad to finally have it as part of my sewing supplies ❤️

Documented 2024 and onwards

A generally scattered pile of sewing supplies on a white crocheted rug, including different sizes of sewing needles, fishing line, different colour spools of thread, safety pins attached to a business card, for Wild Soul in The Pas Manitoba, bobbins, scissors, a lightbulb for a sewing machine, needlenose pliers, a small piece of leather, a stitch puller, and the ziplock bags that all of them normally sit inside of for now.

Kabutroid's sewing desk shown open towards the side of the room with cardboard boxes and a pink cooler behind it, with a light yellow and brown sewing machine mounted into the top of it.

The sewing desk closed, the machine folded under and the top flap closed over it, turning it into a regular small corner table.

A largish purple in on a wooden desk, with the lid partially open. The lid says Cadbury 200 years anniversary tin, 1824 to 2024, and thread spools, needles, and scissors can be seen inside.

A Brother LS14s white sewing machine with green and blue checkered motif on the main body of the machine. It has dials for tension, stitch type, a switch for reverse, and is currently threaded.

Kabutroid holding a stuffed cloth tomato with string green lines down the sides and a green fabric leaf on the top, and attached from the top center with a green string, a tiny, conical shaped tomato filled with a more coarse stuffing, used to sharpen needles.