On 2015-07-24 8:32 AM, Xeno wrote:

> We have a sewing machine here but last time I used it I broke it. I've
> been banned! Given my sewing ability, this is not a bad thing.
>
> Anyway, I guess it wouldn't have been all that difficult to come up with
> an airy wooden box with an inner lining and a lid. You could even make
> it with rustic appeal using old fruit packing crates.
>


I bought a small, inexpensive sewing machine a few years ago. I use it
for hemming things and the occasional minor repair. My wife has never
touched it and could not see any value in having one. When our son was
young he used to bring things to me to be sewn.