Sewing and needlework
A lot of my customers are stitchers, and over the years a number of pieces have been shaped around the way they work — keeping scissors, thread, buttons, and a project in progress together, in view, and close at hand. Each is built start to finish by my own hands from maple, birch, or ash milled on-site, with quartersawn Eastern white pine and copper tacks.
8" Round recessed lid box
Sewing carrier with papered interior
The pin cushion base in hand
A lid made to frame needlework
The lid on these is recessed for a reason: the top board sits ¼″ down into the rim so you can mount a finished piece of needlework right into the cover — the box becomes the frame.
A note if you're mounting work: because these lids are built for inserts, you may see small spaces where the top board meets the band. That's normal for the style, and it's fully covered once your piece is installed. You'll need an insert to attach your needlework — not included; a piece of foam core board from any craft supplier works well.
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The colors
The colors, shown across the needlework pieces.
Shown in red milk paint — Size #3 recessed-lid box
Shown in pumpkin milk paint — pin cushion base
Shown in yellow milk paint — Size #3 recessed-lid box
Shown in green milk paint — sewing carrier
Shown in blue milk paint — Size #3 recessed-lid box
Shown in black milk paint — sewing carrier
Shown in grey milk paint — pin cushion base
Shown in sea green milk paint — Size #3 recessed-lid box
Shown in an antiqued natural finish — Button Box
How they're finished
Painted pieces get a few coats of milk paint — as many as the color needs to cover fully — then two coats of tung oil. Natural pieces are dyed for an antiqued look, then finished with five coats of tung oil. These finishes are meant to deepen and improve with handling and age.