Altoids tins -- how to finish

Excellent thought!! I may even have her snail mail address!!!!! Now, Lucille, what is it worth to you for me to keep my mouth shut???

Gill

Altoids, lots and lots of altoids. Cinammon, Licorice, Chocolate--anything !!!!

Dark chocolate Altoids !!!WHERE???WHERE???

Gillian

Publix has them and I bought them in Walgreen's the other day. If you can't find them, let me know and I'll send you some. They are really good.

Lucille

Altoids tins or blenders? And, you want margaritas or pina coladas in your blenders? ;)

The ones I've seen are straight licorice. Want me to pick some up next time I'm in Rite-Aid?

I saw them at Rite-Aid last week.

OK, OK, it's supposed to rain tomorrow, so I will probably be in the area of Rite-Aid on Wednesday (taking the first load of Christmas boxes to the post office).

Whoever wants weird flavors of Altoids, send your order and your snail mail to my e-ddress, and I'll see which ones they have in stock this week.

They are at Trader Joes - want some? C

And I find mine at Target... :) Let me know (email isn't munged) and I can send you some! Heather in NY

Thanks so much for the clear instructions. I'll give it another try as I've been collecting these tins forever and had hoped to be able to decorate them for various holidays, birthdays, etc. Kathy

I was just thinking the other day that I should make one of these to carry meds around. Although...does anyone make pill boxes that will take a bit of stitching? The only pre-finished item manufacturer I really know of is Sudberry,

Allura

Give me a few days...

I bought a tiny pill tin in the UK, lined with plastic which you could take the lid lining out and replace with a small piece of embroidery. It only holds a few pills, very useful in your purse.

If you look at magazines like Classic Stitches, look for an ad for larger boxes to put jewelry etc in and sometimes they have the pill size as well.

OK I found the site -

I've had a design published for a tin top and am copying and pasting the finishing instructions here in case they are helpful. MelissaD

Finishing Instructions for Mint Tins

Cut one piece of medium weight cardboard using a template made from tracing the tin; it will need to be ¼" smaller than the tin itself.

Cut 2 pieces of quilt batting the same size as the template. Place the batting on top of the cardboards. You may choose to dab a few dots of glue onto the cardboard to hold the batting in place but do so sparingly as the glue could stick to the back of your stitched piece.

Trim excess fabric from around your stitched design to within about an inch.

Lay your needlework over the batting and cardboard, centering the design. Wrap the edges around to the back of the cardboard and attach with tacky glue, being careful to fold the corners neatly.

Glue the needlework "sandwich" to the top of the mint tin. Hot glue may be better for this as it dries more quickly than tacky glue.

Run a line of tacky glue around the edge of the needlework and lay trim in place. This can be pre-made cording or make your own cord using threads from your piece.

You may choose to press your piece by placing a weight (i.e. books) on it to ensure it's firmly attached to the tin - just be sure to place the tin face down on a towel first so as not to damage the needlework.

If I'm planning on using my tin for embroidery, sewing, jewelry, etc., I like to place a magnetic strip inside the tin to help hold needles and such in place. You can choose to put this in the lid but I prefer the bottom of the tin so there is less chance of the extra weight tipping the tin over.

Other options:

Use a small mini tin as a companion piece - it will fit inside the larger tin.

I also like to paint the tins - it's best to do this before attaching your needlework. Have fun painting a mini tin with a matching motif!

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Also, another tin top pattern was in the August 2007 Gift of Stitching (I'm way behind on reading them). It's a celtic knot down in gold & black blackwork.

Allura

Orl rite! I give in! Too fiddly and cutesey poo for me - now I can imagine having fun glueing beads to them, though - or even just painting them prettily, if you`re going to use them.

And Bruce - I had some Nigroids/Negroids a couple of years ago, but I`m blowed if I can remember where I bought them - off the internet, probably. There is an internet company that specialises in really oldfashioned sweets that you rarely, if ever, see now.

Pat

I got some freebie Christmas cards in a pretty snowflake-patterned tin a number of years ago. There's an inset where you can put a picture in the cover. Someday I'm going to stitch something with buttons on it for it because I'm using it for all my buttons. Haven't taken the time to look for a pattern, yet.

Joan