Definition of "sewing basket" []

• A workbasket in which sewing materials can be stored (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Mary gathered her skirts and took her private book hidden in a sewing basket outside at Sheffield Manor to what she called the Bower."
• "Corgaide asked as Cadsuane set her sewing basket beside the tray on a table with edge and legs thickly gilded."
• "Her sewing basket had a mountain of socks in it still undarned, her knitting needles held yet another sock, and there was Hughie growing out of his sweaters and Jack not ready to hand his down."