109 PC SEWING KIT
Written by James Ward
Most mornings, on my way into work, I pop into Crispins Food & Wine (where Twirls used to cost 65p but now cost 69p) to buy a croissant (49p). I eat this at my desk with a cup of tea (or, if the weather is hot as it has been for the last few days, a glass of cold water).
As well as croissants and Cadbury’s Twirls, Crispins stocks the same sort of stuff you’d expect to find in any convenience store – soft drinks, crisps, bread, milk, and 109 piece sewing kits.
I could imagine someone in central London finding a button has come loose on a jacket or something and deciding to pop into a shop to buy a needle and thread to reattach it. I can imagine realising the button has come off entirely and needing not only a needle and thread, but also a replacement button. A one hundred and nine piece sewing kit seems a bit excessive though.
It looks like it’s been there quite a long time without anyone buying it. Maybe one day someone will see it and decide it’s exactly what they need.
The sewing kit is £3.99, which works out at a reasonable 3.66p per piece.
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i love the idea that someone will find a button has come loose, buy this, and have to tote around 107 bits of crap for the rest of the day just to get the one needle and one spool of thread they actually needed!
Maybe that’s how the whole pearly kings and queens thing started. Someone bought a 109 piece sewing kit and didn’t fancy carrying loads of buttons around for the next of the day, so started sewing them all over their clothes.
It looks like they are counting the needles (package of) as one item, surely an error – I have a similar package of needles which is labelled as containing 30 needles – making this in actuality a 139 piece set (including the box the needles are in).
Well, I’ve given you all the details you need about where to buy it. Simply go to Crispins, buy the 109 piece sewing kit and then contact the manufacturers.