| Project by YorkshireStewart | posted 2069 days ago | 2864 views | 24 times favorited | 26 comments | ![]() |
![]() |
Like many Lumberjocks, my favourite things are boxes. This is my wife’s sewing box and it’s one of her favourite things. The Lacewood is, I believe, quarter sawn London Plane (Platanus x hispanica?). There appear to be other timbers with that same name. I used the Leigh jig for the dovetail joints.
The design is very strongly influenced by a box in one of those lovely Fine Woodworking Design books. Many thanks to whoever made that one.
-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business. http://www.folksy.com/shops/TreeGems
| Pin It |

























26 comments so far
BarryW
home | projects | blog
1013 posts in 2075 days
#1 posted 2069 days ago
very nice latches…great ideas…beautiful wood that I’ve never seen.
-- /\/\/\ BarryW /\/\/\ Stay so busy you don't have time to die.
MsDebbieP
home | projects | blog
18320 posts in 2329 days
#2 posted 2069 days ago
oh what a treasure!!
I think sewing boxes are grandchildren’s favourite treasure boxes. This is an exceptional treasure
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
RobH
home | projects | blog
465 posts in 2218 days
#3 posted 2069 days ago
Stunning. I too love the latches. The wood is also awesome. Your wife is one lucky woman.
Thanks for the look.
-- -- Rob Hix, King George, VA
mot
home | projects | blog
4912 posts in 2204 days
#4 posted 2069 days ago
This is a great box! It gives me an idea for a box. Having four sides lacewood with halfblinds to walnut corner pieces. Yours is beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)
wwnovice
home | projects | blog
104 posts in 2354 days
#5 posted 2069 days ago
Stewart,
Great looking box. Nice job on the dovetail joinery.
-- John
TomFran
home | projects | blog
2933 posts in 2162 days
#6 posted 2069 days ago
I love it! Great looking sewing box. The wood is gorgeous too.
-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28
Bob Babcock
home | projects | blog
1804 posts in 2254 days
#7 posted 2069 days ago
Beautiful Stewart!
-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org
dennis mitchell
home | projects | blog
3994 posts in 2482 days
#8 posted 2069 days ago
Cool…love the latches.
Karson
home | projects | blog
34370 posts in 2569 days
#9 posted 2069 days ago
Great sewing box Stewart.
There are so many things on LJ that we keep saying I want to make one of them.
And your chest is no exception. A great tribute to a great box.
-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
BigMP
home | projects | blog
15 posts in 2070 days
#10 posted 2069 days ago
Wow, that is some nice work and some stunning wood!
Don
home | projects | blog
2592 posts in 2345 days
#11 posted 2069 days ago
Sew what? I can’t help but say it, “I just love small wooden boxes”, particularly when as beautifully crafted as this one. You can bet, Stewart, that one version or another of this great looking latch will appear on a number of small boxes, perhaps even one of mine.
Nice work, great craftsmanship.
-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hillsbiblechurch.org/
cajunpen
home | projects | blog
11473 posts in 2234 days
#12 posted 2069 days ago
Stewart that is an absolutely beautiful box. Well designed and executed. I’m with everyone else – I like the wooden hasp/keeper design.
-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/
shaun
home | projects | blog
360 posts in 2074 days
#13 posted 2069 days ago
Not that it hasn’t been said already but, those are great latches, and are those wooden hinges I see in the back there?
-- I've cut that board three times and it's still too short!
Dan'um Style
home | projects | blog
10783 posts in 2151 days
#14 posted 2069 days ago
great project ! you do nice work !
Welcome to lj’s !
-- keeping myself entertained
CharlieM1958
home | projects | blog
14856 posts in 2386 days
#15 posted 2069 days ago
Fantastic box! Like everyone else, the latches are what REALLY bowl me over!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
View all comments »
showing 1 through 15 of 26 comments
Have your say...