As I mentioned in this post, our oldest son Kieren is leaving for military college at the end of July for officer cadet training (gosh I will miss him….sniff,sniff).
So, I have put together a couple of ‘kits’ for him to use while he is away: a sewing kit and a ‘college survival’ kit. (I will share the ‘college survival’ kit in a future post!)
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How To Make a College Student Sewing Kit!
I could have just given him a mini travelers sewing kit that you can purchase at a store, or you get for free at some hotels, but I wanted to give him a sewing kit that was more substantial…
I mean, have you ever tried to use those microscopic-miniature scissors that come with a travelers kit??
My 18 year old wouldn’t even be able to get his big fingers in them! I can barely get my fingers in them!
List of Sewing Kit Supplies:
– 1 set of sewing needles
– 7 colors of thread in basic colors: black, brown, tan, green, cream, white and navy
– 1 seam ripper
– 1 thimble
– 1 sewing gauge measure
– 1 container of head pins
– 1 package of safety pins which I put in an empty cleaned pill bottle
– 1 packet of buttons in assorted colors: white, brown and black
– 1 pair of scissors
After I filled the plastic container with all the sewing kit items I labelled the container with our son’s name.
I used this desktop label maker – I love it, it’s super easy to use and I use it all the time!
I also love my handheld cordless label maker that I can use my iPhone to print labels from – it’s so cool and you can see how I used it here to make printed gift ribbon! It’s so handy to make quick labels as for my kitchen, office, kids rooms ect.
This is a fabulous Gift Idea too! Make one for Christmas or as a Travel Kit for your car!
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What a brilliant idea. You certainly are sending your son off as a very well rounded, self sufficient young man. Be proud!
Seriously, is your son really that lucky? My mom sent me to college with nothing but my clothes!
Heather you are such a cute mom! I love your blog! I need one of these just for me! 🙂
Looks pretty good to me! Now I’m going over to see your knot tying post.
What a great idea! I am going to do this for my daughter this year and am pinning it 🙂
Great idea–I need one of these for me 🙂
I love this. Our neighbor’s oldest just graduated and I wanted to get her something practical for a grad gift. This fits the bill.
Thanks so much for sharing on Tout It Tuesday! Hope to see you next week.
Great job. I am assembling a kit now for my daughter about to go off to college. Also a medical kit – don’t forget a thermometer so if they have to call campus health services and they ask if they have a fever, they can answer!
Great idea to make a medical kit with a thermometer – thanks for sharing your great tip Karen!
I will probably also include some iron-on patches, fusible hem tape and some fray check.