What would she have in her pockets?

[LadyStitch]

My loving DH, the pink Pirate, is helping me build my character.  Lady Stitch, the sewing fairy, has been plotted out.  One of the things she has done is picked up an old man's tail coat and started to sew pockets onto her coat to carry all her bits and bobbles in.  The pockets I'm thinking of makeing to look like those pieces of patterns that some how always "disapear" while you are sewing. 
I want to make a bandaleer of sewing spools but I'm not sure how I can do that, and still have it functional. 

The big question is what should she have in her pockets? 

I'm doing one lapel in safety pins.  I'm making a place for all kinds of needles, and straight pins.  What else should she have in her pockets?  The consept is that she has all those little things that keep getting lost in your sewing/craft room.  She is the person who sniches those things, and some how makes them reappear after you no longer need them.  She is also the one who you want to visit to finish all those little projects you never can get done. 
On the serious side, I want to have in my pockets , and maybe on my belt, anything someone would need if they had a garb malfunction at faire.  Something I cna just whip out and fix for you in a jiffy while still in faire.
So, thoughts?

[isabelladangelo]

A thimble. 

Actually, I have this awesome sewing case that I take with me almost everywhere that I'll try to take a picture of when I get home.  I got it from Abraham's Lady in Gettysburg.  It's just a rectangle of fabric -about 5" by 15" or so- that has a pocket a pocket on either end and you "stuff" your needles in the center.  You can keep your mini scissors, pieces of thread (wound on a piece of cardboard like in most $2 sewing kits), and patches in it.  It's very useful and I love taking it to both the renn fest and re-enactments.

But, yes, you need thimbles.

Mine are always gone....

[insidiousraven]

Hmmmm.

Maybe extra fabric swatches and a measuring tape?   One thing I always loose is my fabric pencil.

[Ambrosine]

a needle threader for those of us that are sight challenged  Just might be a cute notion to add places..or make into earings?? A little ruler would be good as well.

[arbcoind]

A seam ripper.

Gina

[act2redux]

I have a thimble that is made of leather with a metal insert where you would "brace" the needle...got it at Hobby Lobby

re: t he thread bandoleer...great idea- what if its set up like a bandoleer for large size ordinance but instead of a single long piece that runs the length of it sewn to hold the bullets you run shorter pieces from each side that you run one bit thru the thread/ bobbin and tie to the piece that meets it.  you could tie all sorts of little things to it...

[LadyShadow]

my first thought was thimble, measuring tape and marking pens/pencils.  But it looks like other great minds have beat me to it 

Maybe a sewing gauge or two are needed.

[Tixi]

srsly, I wish the sewing fairy would stop visiting my house

things that hide from me or that I tend to misplace:

my clear ruler
the stupid snips (why are the always on the other side of the room? Also, would that have to be peace-tied? lol)
the other half of a grommet set or either the hook or the eye
buttons (everyone loses buttons!)
my fabric marking device/pencil

other things that are small that i don't use often but i could see getting lost:

the short, flat head screwdriver to adjust my serger
thread wax
hem measuring tool
the needle in my haystack wire thing that pushes turned corners out

[Will Gamwell]

A friend of mine works at a wedding dress shoppe here in the Twin Cities, MN.  She always has about a dozen or so pins stuck in her hair after work because she forget to take them out.  The big ones with the plastic heads.  Might be a cool addition to your character.  She usually has her hair in a ponytail or a bun.

[Blue66669]

Bits of ribbon and leather, grommets, embroidery floss, other notions and doodads. I say, go to the craft store and get one of everything. Sew it into the inside of your pocket. You could be like one of those crackheads in Coming to America.

Hey man, whatchoo want, whatchoo want. I gots everythang here. Anything you want, I got. This is serious stuff here man, primo.

[ArielCallista]

buttons? an array of buttons would be cute...

[gypsylakat]

The new Alice in Wonderland had a spool bandolier, threadbanger built one in this video http://www.threadbanger.com/tb-projects/episode/THR_20091009

[Delireus]

Here's a necklace made out of straight pins. I just love it!

There is also a yellow, white, and darker green too. Obviously they aren't usable anymore, but I think it's adorable. I was wondering how easy it is to make, maybe you could make one out of many different colors yourself or ask the seller to make you one I think your fairy idea is really awesome. It reminds me of the 'kiss' in Peter Pan, where Wendy gives Peter a thimble, right? Then he gives her an acorn, I think? Something like that

And like gypsylakat said, the mad hatter had a spool bandolier, that's exactly what I thought of when you said you wanted one.

[Tixi]

Here's a necklace made out of straight pins. I just love it!

wow - that is really neat!

[Delireus]

I know! I think that person is a genius to come up with that idea, I never would have thought of it.