While you may be spending some time with a book or a movie that is similarly named, you also might want to spend some time with this. You might like the other side better. On some days... I know I would. Kidding, Bill. (Who I know reads this blog)
This arrived on my porch yesterday. It's a new lunch box available from Moda Home. Or is it?I have an older model that you might have seen on this blog last year. I made a little adaptation and it is my traveling sewing kit. What you need is a few things I know you have around the house..... a small piece of fabric, cardboard, scraps of quilt batting, and tape. What you might not have is this.
Some extra strong double-sided tape. It's pretty simple (believe me, it has to be. I did this all by myself)
What you see here is a piece of cardboard approximately 10 1/2" x 6" on top of 3 layers of wool batting. If you have wool, use it here. As a matter of fact, save all of your wool batting scraps as it is wonderful to use to stuff pillows, pincushions, and such. On the bottom is a scrap of lovely Moda fabric about 2" larger all the way around. The batting is a bit larger than the cardboard.Now, just pull the fabric taut and tape on the back. I used duct tape. Here it is from the back. Not very pretty at this point.
Next, I put on 4 strips of the double sided tape.
Once the red paper is peeled off the double-sided tape, just put that baby up on the lid of your lunch box. Fill with all your sewing tools and you are good to go. 
Now, I'm getting to the really good part. In honor of this blog's 300th post. (Yes, we have rambled on here about rugs, quilts, movie reviews, puppies, and lame pictures of groceries for 300 posts.) We would like to reward you for your patience. Make a comment to this post and you could be the winner of this sewing kit. Your kit will be filled with some of those goodies shown. It will also be filled with other goodies you don't see. We'll pick three winners. One gets the goody stuffed sewing kit and the two others - well, just goodies. Enter by midnight, Sunday August 1st. Good luck.In the meantime, I am planning more posts on hand quilting tools and techniques. Thanks for all the great questions.
Laurie & Polly
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Clever idea with the pincushion on top of the case!
Great giveaway..please count me in!
Love that little box! What a great idea to add a pincushion to the lid!
Great idea! I'd love to win some goodies!
That is so cute and handy too!
Can't get enough of your blog! Your ideas and helpful hints are great! Please enter my name for such a cute give-away. Thank you so much!
Barbara S.
Cumming, GA
I will definitely be on the look out for that little box, fabulous! Thanks for the chance to win one!
Wow - that would be great to take to my bee when we meet. I love it.
Susan
mckie2@gmail.com
I came to ask you a question, so I'll ask it as my entry to win this wonderful prize!!!!! :)
WHY does a quilt get heavier and heavier, the more you quilt it? I've posed this question and received a deluge of answers, but mostly they were from a misunderstanding of what I meant. (I think sometimes I speak a different language, but that's another story...)
While, I've not put all materials I'd use in a quilt on a scale before quilting, it seems to me that you are only adding thread as you go. Yet, the quilt keeps getting heavier and heavier. Not that I mind, mind you.
Or, is this just an illusion? Perhaps it's from having the quilt on your lap for SOOOOOO long that it just feels like it's getting heavier. Hope you know what I'm asking. I shall pose this to my own audience soon. I have to get to the bottom of this.... lol
What a great idea ! Perfect for a newlywed or a kid going off to college or just to have handy when you need to sew on a button or repair a hem .
Count me in.. I love the tin!!!
Thanks for letting me be a part of your giveaway.
Sandra,
Hmmmm. I know what you mean about the weight of the quilt. Could it be that the added weight of the thread compounded with the fact that the quilt now takes up less space (batting is now compressed where it is stitched). Any physicists out there? I know at my house there is also the added weight of the cat and dog hair.
Laurie
How fun! I would love to win! Count me in!
What a wonderful little lunch box! I love your modifications. Congratulations on 300 posts!! I'm looking forward to the next 300 :0)
I love that lunch box--almost makes me wish for elementary school again (almost). congratulations on 300 posts-whew, that's a lot of typing!
I love your blog and look forward to each and every post. This is a great idea and I would love a chance to win! Awesome giveaway, as always.
Thanks for the tutorial. When I saw your first post about your sewing kit I felt inspired to make one, but so far haven't. The new Moda lunch box makes an adorable sewing kit too (although I did see a very cute R2D2 lunch box that would work too). Of course, it would be much more fun to win your kit, especially with all the goodies. Congratulations on your 300th post!
What a great idea to make the large pincushion for the inside of the lid!
Absolutely darling!!! I hope it's mine :)
It's a Lunch Box! It's a Sewing Box! It's a Joke Box! It's three, count 'em, 3, 3 boxes in one! Whatta deal! Love it! Want it! Gotta have it!
I love that box! Outside and inside!!! I saw that you made one last year and had always wanted to make one for myself... uh, but didn't! Congratulations on your
300th post! I'd love to enter the giveaway!
Congrats on Number 300! WTG! Looking forward to the next 300!
Oh the back (or front) of that lunch box is just perfect! It reminds me of my favorite magnet I bought my sister at the Chicago quilt show - "I child proofed the house but they keep getting back in!"
I love your blog and especially love this sewing kit idea! If I don't win the lunch box, I might just have to find one of them myself in my junking trips to convert for myself! What a great idea! I hope I do win, though :)
Love your blog!! I'm in for the giveaway!
Count me in for the giveaway. I check each day for a new post.
Paula
I'm in! Love the lunchbox!
Love the lunch/sewing box, too cute! Thanks for sharing it.
Great idea!! I have several of these lovely tins. I use mine for taking my punchneedle projects to bee meetings. I am going to add your fabric covered lid to mine.
Thanks!!
Terry P.
Love the lunch boxes! I can never have enough sewing kits so please put my name in the hat.
cute lunchbox!!! My husband didn't get the joke...poor dear!
Kathy in MA
Ooh!! I LOVE that box!!! It isn't on the Moda Home website, though...
What a great idea to use it as your traveling sewing kit. LOVE IT!
Chanda
Great idea for a to-go sewing kit. I was cleaning in the basement recently and noticed a Curious George lunch box down there...might have to get busy.
How cute...and perfect for all the hexagons I'm starting to drag along!
That would be perfect for my "grab and go" sewing box. What a great idea!
I'd love a chance to win your charming sewing box.
Oh that's just wonderful! And a giveaway too! Thank you!
Does it come with a piece of that yummy-looking cherry cake? Looks like it's time to break out the cherry pitter!
Please put my name in drawing for the sewing box. It is great!
Carol
Always interesting to read your blog. Cute sewing case for on the go travels. Just wanted to say Prairie Paisley is my favorite fabric to date.
Oh cool!! Love this lunch box/sewing box idea!!!
I love the lunch box sewing kit and of course the goodies that go with it. My husband had a Flipper lunch box that he loved as a kid. My mother-in-law found one in an antique shop recently and bought it for him. I use it as my recipe box!
I love coming to your blog and seeing what you're working on. Your color choices always cheer me up and your patterns and quilts always send me to the sewing room with fresh inspiration!!Thanks!
Lisa
Love the little box. It would come in handy when leaving your home to go sew with friends. So happy to see you quilt on a hoop. I've been quilting for 30 years and that's all I have ever used.
What a cute idea! Love the sewing box. Please include me in the chance to win.
Darlis
What fun, and congratulations.
Cute lunch box/sewing kit
Pat
I love the sewing box!! And I love reading your blogs.
Please count me in the drawing.
Bobbie
Wonderful idea!! I love cute and functional sewing tins!!
Ann-Maree in Sydney
I love the lunch box! And the pin cushion is a great idea. Can't wait to do this project. Thanks for the idea!!
I love the lunch box! And the pin cushion is a great idea. Can't wait to do this project. Thanks for the idea!!
Congratulations on 300 posts! Very cute little sewing box! I love the padded lid. Please add me to the hat too. :-)
Cool lunch box sewing kit!!! Congratulations on reaching your 300th blog post!
You gals are awesome!
I absolutely love the sewing kit...you are just too clever. I'd love to be one of the lucky three. How jealous the girls would be at our guild's upcoming retreat if I were to walk in with that...hehehe.
Thank you for all you two do!
That is a very sweet box! It is also very sweet of you to share your hand quilting info. I have already learned alot. Thanks...and I am looking forward to your next posts re:handquilting.
You have such great ideas (and Moda, too!).
Congrats on "300"! Minick and Simpson have the best giveaways. I dream about winning!!!!
What a great lunchbox/sewing kit! Thanks for the giveaway!
Wow the box could not have been better stated. Congrats on "300"! Minick and Simpson have the best giveaways! Thanks for your generosity. I dream of winning!!!!!
Happy 300th blogaversary! What a delightful idea... it would have me smiling every time I saw it!
What a terrific idea! I've loved the lunch boxes from Moda, but only used them to look at, LOL!
Please keep up the tutorials, the one on hand quilting is wonderful.
Thanks!
Congrats on 300 posts!! That is such a darling tin, I just adore it!
the lunch box sewing kit is sew cute! I enjoy your blog. Thanks for all your contributions to our craft!
Gayle Grier
gag7949@hotmail.com
How adorable - I really could use such a cute travel sewing kit! And you made it so special. Thanks Laurie and Polly
What a fun box and fun giveaway!
Debbie
I do alot of embroidery and hand applique so would put your sewing box to good use! Thanks for a great giveaway.
K. Castanette
Oregon
What a wonderful giveaway. Please add my name.
Cute lunch/sewing box. Maybe I'll get lucky!
Oh,
Girlies,
What a wonderful thing--I love lunch boxes, and this one is a duesy! What a wonderful give-a-way. You guys are so thoughtful! I love your blog, and since I quilt and hook, it's a 300th winner! I will pray to heavens to win this goody box. Both of you rule! (Thanks too for the much appreciated quilt tutorial!) Jeanne L
Wow - I would love to win the lunch box. I love to collect those tins they are soooooo much fun! Love the idea for the inside of it for pins:) Please enter me into your give-a-way!!
Laura T
Your blog is the best! Love your sense of humor, and I learn so much too! Thanks for the show and tell on hooping a quilt for hand quilting. What do you use to mark your quilt? Great lunchbox too. Please count me in on the giveaway, and congratulations on your 300th post! Woo hoo!
Congrats on 300! That is a feat.
Love the sewing kits! Not to mention all your yummy fabrics! Dh already wants another quilt for him to go with his Prairie Paisley, nothing like Americana for an expat.
Love your "tool box". I would use it every day if I won!
~Joyce in MI
thanks for the hand quilting tips. Keep them coming. Love the quilting box. Have the perfect momo wonderland by moda lunch box that wants to be one if I don't win LOL
So very cute! I'd love one of those!
Your giveaways are always so special & go right to the heart of any one who loves to stitch.
Got my fingers crossed - thimble and all!
Love the sewing kit~ It is such a versatile size. Congrats on 300 too!
What a nice giveaway!!! I getting some of that tape, too.
OH !!! My it is a wonderful gift and I love your hand quilting too !!!Please consider me thank you..
would love a lunch box sewing tin ! This is so clever to have a pin cushion on the lid as I would use it for my appliqué projects that I take to go. Great tip!
thanks for another wonderful giveaway
Kathie
would love a lunch box sewing tin ! This is so clever to have a pin cushion on the lid as I would use it for my appliqué projects that I take to go. Great tip!
thanks for another wonderful giveaway
Kathie
Love your stuff , girls.
I'm guessing you won 't be able to ship all the way to me but that's ok .
Another great use for duct tape! My dh might actually get interested in making these! LOL!
Love your ideas! What a cute sewing box. Got my fingers crossed!
Count me in! You're a clever girl ~ and I love that double sided tape ~ I've never seen it before! Thanks for tip!
I love this sewing box aand have been collecting sewing related tin boxes for years but have never made one into a useful sewing box. Please enter me to win this one !!!!
Jill
too funny (although DH may not see the humor)
Very cool idea for the sewing kit. I would rather win yours but could possibly make one with those excellent directions!!
Oh count me in on the chance. What a clever idea for this. I am always looking for something to carry around applique items.
If I don't win this wonderful giveway can I still swap the hubby for a sewing machine ;)
WOW! What a deal! What a nice gift this would make for my upcoming birthday. Thanks for your ever interesting, fun and informative blog.
Congrats on 300! I've enjoyed every single one of them! (Hugs) to Gibby.
Love it!! I think the pincushion is a fantastic idea.
Congratulations on 300 posts! A Moda lunch box??!! What will they think of next? What will I *need* from Moda next??? Great idea for a sewing kit though. I wonder if my mom still has my wonder woman lunch box...
Love that idea with the lunchbox. I've never seen that tape before, but I will be looking for it! Please include me in the giveaway. If I win, I'll have to hit the road with my lunchbox and give it a try!!
What a wonderful idea! Would love to win some goodies.
300th post! . . . don't know how you do all that you do! BUT, SO GLAD YOU DO! Love all your creative. Thank you for all the incredible work and inspiration!
love the sewing tin. I have not been bored at all by your 300 posts. a brown mutt
300 is a perfect game. Applicable to this blog which is also perfect. Love the sewing box. Love, love, love it!
Congradulations on your 300th blogiversary! Thanks for the giveaway. And thanks for the project plan. I would be totally delighted to win!
Love the sewing kit and just know it would be perfect for my hexagons! PattiO
love that box! i'd love to win.
joonzeboo@gmail.com
Wow, that looks great since I love your fabrics wouls love to win one off the three prices. first off august was 28 years ago a lucky day when our son was born so me be I'll have some luck again.
Marjan
Thanks for yesterday's hand quilting tips. Love today's post.
What a terrific idea!! It is so cute!
Please enter me in your giveaway. Thank you. I sure do enjoy your blog!!
Wow, what a great sewing kit. Please enter me!
Elizabeth Swinney
Congrats on your 300th post! Can't wait to read your upcoming post on quilting tools and techniques. Thanks for awesome giveaway!
Nancy E
so cute! I love the humor :)
I look forward to reading 300 more posts! You ladies are awesome!
If I win, I will get back to you when we return. We are going to one of your favorite places...the Coast of Maine for a week...
Thanks for all you do for the quilting and rug hooking world!
Thanks for the great idea, and I'll bet that it would work for other box-type containers...like those old "train cases" that were used as traveling cosmetic cases. My mom always called them train cases but I don't know if that is the right terminology. Anyway, I have a couple of vintage ones and that would make a lovely fix for them.
Oh, sign me up for that sweet little sewing box! That is so cute.
Linda/simplycountryseasons
Really cute giveaway - thanks!
Such a cute idea--congrats on 300!
flag1956
Cute box and idea....
To Sandra, Do you mean while you are actually quilting it? Because I understand what you mean then. Arm fatigue would be my answer to why the quilt gets heavier. Plus I agree with Laurie I always have a cat sneak onto my lap and hide in the folds of the quilt while I am working.
What a clever sewing kit. Much nicer than the kids old plastic pencil box that I use now. Congratulations on 300th post!
Sue
That is such a great idea for a pincushion! And thank you for posting about hand quilting - seems like everyone is quilting by machine now . . . I bought a "quilting hoop" last year to start my first hand quilted flannel quilt, and quickly became so frustrated that the quilt is still unfinished - wrong hoop!! No slack!! Now I know why - I was fighting with my tools :) Thanks Laurie, I'm going to have another go at it!
What a cute idea for a pincushion.
I'd LOVELOVELOVE to win the sewing kit!
Jeanne
Holy wow! I'd love to win this! I've recently become addicted to paper-piecing hexagons, and have been thinking I need something other than a ratty old tote-bag from Target to carry them around in (they keep getting their corners bent!). This would be the perfect solution.
I hope I win it, cuz if I don't, I'm going to have to suck it up and make one! Thanks for being so generous, ladies!
Such a cute lunch box to carry quilting things in and you always want to look stylish in a quilt class or retreat...
Congrats on your 300th post--I look forward to the next 300!!!
I would love to be entered in the giveaway! Thanks
I love it! Count me in. My husband would totally understand!
Wow exterior mounting tape might be the best tip I've had in a while!!!
But I'm not going to lie, I would love to win that little sewing kit and then put it in my little shrine of sewing goodness.
(wow, my word for verification is rudefew? is it somethin I said?)
Aren't lunch boxes the best? I would love to win this.
I love the lunch box sewing kit! Great idea!
Congratulations on the 300th post. We've enjoyed them and keep coming back for more! Love the giveaway and everything about it. I've been wanting to take a stab at hand quilting so I enjoyed your last post as well. Thanks for all your inspiration!
I need one of these. Don't you think it would match... well, everything in my house?
Happy 300 posts! That is quite an accomplishment.
Really Great Idea!!!! Count me in
I would love a chance to win this sewing kit...
Thank you for the great post about hand quilting. I got out my hoop and tried your tips and it sure makes it easier. Now to continue to practice! Will you be at the Ann Arbor Quilt Show this weekend? Thanks for all your ramblings - I loved every one!!
That is such a great idea! Makes me want to go thrifting for a lunch box now :)
Well that's about the cutest thing ever!! I would love to win that. Excellent idea w/ the pincushion - it can never be big enough anyway!
Well done on 300 posts! And what a great use for Duct tape :D not to mention the lunch box.
Thank you for this useful giveaway. We tend to purchase fabric first and tools, well, maybe one a year. Count me in.
That is so CUTE! I'd love a chance to win.
I love this idea. Thanks for all of the info.
Oh. Oh. Oh! LOVE IT!!!!! Crossing my fingers:)
Great giveaway, I want those lunch boxes… they are so cute!
I have loved your blog, and your beautiful work, I am *this close* to trying rug hooking, I saw a book that was done by you at a quilt shop full of your hooked rugs, they were amazing.
how clever! thanks for sharing this fantastic idea! thinking of making a little sewing kit for my 9 year old for christmas :)
& congrats on your fabulous blog too!
xoxo
gigi
gigikennedy@yahoo.com
Love the kit! Love your blog! Love your fabrics!
I've really enjoyed your blog and your fabric! I've collected so much of your fabric. I LOVE how it goes together from collection to collection. Thanks for the giveaway opportunity! Cheery wave from Bev
wow! cute and clever, a dangerous combination!!
MissyH
houstonm@lanepowell.com
What a fantastic idea! I am just entering the wonderful world of quilting, sewing and such and I have been reading your blog for a little while now, and I just love it! Thank you so much for the entry into the giveaway!
Natalie
it.iz.nat@gmail.com
I would love to win anything from your house!
What a nifty idea! I've been enjoying your hand quilting tutorial--learning some new tricks!
Very cool! I have a necklace that says "eat, sleep, quilt." thanks for the giveaway!
Congratulations on 300 posts! You certainly have spoiled us with fun stories, super recipes, great quilting (and other) projects, fun links and glimpes into your lives and studios. Looking forward to the next 300! I'd just love to have the "official" M&S sewing essentials box!
I like your pictures of groceries! And I love your ramblings as well...lots of good information! Thanks for the giveaway!
You always have such great ideas, and thanks for sharing the details. I would love to win, and I am not picky!! lol.
I'm feeling lucky! :)
auntie m
How cute! I love both sides of the kits. Please count me in on the give away!
Sandy A
What a smart cookie you are! I love it! And I hope I win!
Thanks for sharing!
Great idea for a sewing kit! Love your blog...and your dog, Gibby! Thanks for all the info, too~
Cute sewing kit and I really enjoy doggie posts and sewing posts too. Thanks for sharing tips for hand quilting with a hoop. Love all the tips here.
I love your sewing kit, it'd be great for applique! Thanks for offering the giveaway, and Congrats on 300 posts!
Congratulations on 300 posts! And that sewing kit is so clever!
What a good idea, and I have a lunch box already. Unfortunately it isn't a cool one like yours.
so sweet; next time i go to salem, mass, i will take a peek inside the antique shops to hunt for a metal lunch box to make my very own sewing box. love your blog.
Count me in, what a fun giveaway. I love, love, love surprises.
Oh, what a neat idea! I like the size of the lunchbox/sewing kit. You could get lots of goodies in that!
What a great idea!!! Love the pincushion in the lid.
Love the idea! Thanks for the great giveaway!
Cute idea! Please count me in for the giveaway!
Kathy
I love checking out your blog. You're talented, informative, entertaining, and you always have the BEST giveaways!
Nancy H. in MI - GO BLUE!
Oh, what a neat idea.
Love the simple adaptation to a great little box. Great idea!
Terri
very clever! great giveaway and congrats on 300 posts!
Oh how fun! What a darling little lunchbox! Thank you for the chance.
I love the lunch box! And all of the fabrics and rughooking kits that you both design! Your blog is just so inspiring! Thank you!
The cutest two parts of this blog entry...........
The lovely use of duct tape, number one.
"Fill with all your tools"........number two. HAHAHA!
Oh Laurie, for a peek in your "tools closet".
What a darling post!
Love, from a "hooker"........
I love your blog!
Alabama Kathy
Love all of your ideas and the sewing box is awesome! Thanks for the tips on handquilting.
Love your blog. Love the sewing kit too! Would love for it to come live at my house. Thanks for sharing the how-to in case we don't actually win it, we can create it!
Super idea! I would love to win! Thanks!
I love the lunch box idea --- and now there are so many for "back to school" --- of course, I would love to win this one! ...and, what are we going to do about the Tigers?! Gee, this has been a rough week!
Love the lunch box/sewing kit. Count me in.
Terry in So. Calif.
Wow! This is a wonderful giveaway. Thank you for the opportunity to win.
Mary
Could always use more quilting goodies!
Thanks for the opportunity to win some goodies! I enjoy reading all your ramblings ;0)
dsb448@att.net
Good morning, I've been widowed 3 weeks now & just can't get myself quilting again. Maybe some new, fresh stuff would help. I'd sure love to have the tin lunchbox like I had in school. Thanks, Have a great weekend. Stella
I absolutely LOVE that sewing kit. I keep getting more sewing machines but my husband is still around though!! He must love me becasue it can't be for my cooking - I'd rather sew than cook anyday! Would love to win this! Sylvia aka Pecasatwo
What a cute sewing box! Love it!
How cute! I'd love to win your giveaway!
I love this...and I REALLY love the stuffed thingy in the lid! Nice! I hope I win but if not then I'll be making one of these next week!!! Thanx for the tips!
Oh, pick me, pick me!!! Love the lunchbox idea!!!!
What a cute lunch box - and what a great idea to turn it into a sewing kit!
I love the lunch box idea! I have always enjoyed reading your blog. Thank you so much for all of the detailed information about your quilting hoop and hand quilting. I have always wondered about your technique and now I know. Thanks again!!
Love this idea - I will have to get one- but it would be nice to win one!!!
Neat way to add a pincushion to the lid!
Kay H
http://kayharmon.blogspot.com
I love it. What a great idea, thanks for sharing
Shelly
Cute! Cute! Cute!
Congrats on your 300th post!
b.
Love the lunch box....it would fit me so perfectly as my children often say "Mom is Out to Lunch!" Thanks for sharing your ideas, talents, humor, etc.....Love you patterns!
Cute idea! Thanks for sharing.
I love gadgets and quilting tools and all my friends know this. When we go to a quilt show that is what I look for...any new gadget, even if it doesn't work when I get home. What a great idea for inside your sewing'lunch box'. Will look forward to more of your idea. Thanks for the tip of using the extra strong tape. Nancy in PA
Great idea. Thanks for the chance.
OH, that's so CLEVER! I have one of the 'older model' lunch boxes so in case I DON'T win, I think I'll make my own (but I'd rather win, thank you very much..LOL).
Love the tin idea and thanks so much for the tutorial!
Thanks also for the giveaway. I'm looking forward to seeing your new fabric line in person!
Cynthia
So cute and clever!! Love this little sewing box. Hope I get to have it at my house!!
what a lovely idea. I use a small Russell Stover chocolate tin for a sewing kit. I put a small magnet in the lid to hold needles. it is just large enough for my stork scissors. It would fit in this lunch box for extra storage.... your ideas inspire all.
Soooooooo cool!!!!!!!!!!! Please, please, please pick my name for one of the winners!!!!! :)
oooh sew fun!makes me want to do some hand sewing....
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