This is the first time I’ve gotten my Sew Sampler Box after they’d already done the “reveal” in their blog, so I already knew what was in it. I’m fine with that—I don’t really do this for the surprise of it all. I mostly do it because I keep getting good rulers!
Photo 1: This month’s theme was around oranges. The themes are always pretty loosely defined…
Photo 2: The tschotscke this time was one Fiskars 45mm rotary cutter blade, one “macaroon” notion storage thingie, and a little magnifying bubble meant for rulers. I have an Olfa and I’ve never tried a Fiskar’s blade on it so we’ll see if that works; if it does, new blades are worth gold so that would be nice.
Photo 3: This photo is of one of the smallest Clover clips in the macaroon storage container. I could keep maybe 6 of those things in there. I have no idea why I would find such a tiny little storage container useful. Did any of you other subscribers to the box see this and get excited, saying “Finally! A storage container for my….”? If so, tell me what you’ll be putting in there.
Photo 4 and 5: The magnifying bubble (“Spot on Dot”) is supposed to help you with fussy cuts and magnifying ruler lines. I tested it and sure, it magnifies it a little bit, but not drastically. It is fun that it sticks to your ruler without falling off until you take it off. I got about two minutes’ entertainment value out of that. The macaroon and the bubble will both live in my sewing room for awhile. In my next cleaning binge, if I haven’t used them by then, they’ll go in some white elephant giveaway.
Photo 6: The pattern to go with this month’s fabrics. I always keep these but there’s only a few I think I’d actually make. Again, see the above comments about the next cleaning binge.
Photo 7: This month’s fabrics. My phone camera did weird things to the orange and turned them all brown. They’re actually all a sort of dusty orange and the green is a bit more of a yellow-orange than in the photo. When I saw that it was going to feature orange fabrics I was excited because I don’t have that much orange, but this isn’t as bright an orange as I’d hoped. These are fat quarters so I’ve added them to my fat quarter stash. They’ll definitely get used at some point…if only to make more masks, sigh.
So, I’d give this month’s box about a 3 out of 5. I’ve had some that were definite 5s. I’ve never had a 1—there’s always something I like in them.