I think the hand held sewing machine is a contraption that belongs alongside the salad spinner and the hostess trolley as a seemingly great idea that just doesn't work in reality. Which explains why you see so many of these things at car boot sales and in junk shops. Now I'm always on the lookout for something that I might use for work; something that could trigger an idea or might help me realise a concept, so when I found this I thought if only I'd had that when I wanted to sew pages together for a direct mail piece aimed at the fashion industry. Of course, since buying it (for buttons - pardon the pun) I've had absolutely no use for it. Still, what a great looking object; from the green enamel paintwork on the outer casing and stainless steel mechanisim to the pack design and that odd little sticker with the Indian lettering on.
Brilliant, but unless you bought an enormous, ungainly one, Salad Spinners Are In Fact Hugely Useful Objects.
Posted by: bbbustard | 24 September 2006 at 01:51 AM