Sewing chatelaine

Nurse's Chatelaine

When writing this post, I initially started writing about how a problem facing many historical costumers is carrying all of our bits and bobs when many dresses come without pockets, and how finding…

Victoria and Albert Museum | Before swiss army knives were invented, there was the chatelaine ✨ Intended to be both decorative and practical, chatelaines are belt… | Instagram

I love chatelaines! I have loved them for a long time! As I have progressed in my costuming, adding accessories has become more important to me than just making more garments. Whether it be hats, j…

Chatelaine, 1863 – 1885, probably England. Museum no. M.32:1 to 13-1969. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Empty a woman's handbag inside out and you've got the right idea about the chatelaine. Before purses were a woman's primary accessory, this curious contraption that fell into the annals o

Hopefully this will be the last chatelaine for a while.. This one is for the class display at the quilt shop and the class has already been approved and January dates selected. Sign up doesn't start until next month. This one is finished except for the tools for the pocket upper left... I tried to keep the embellishment simpler on this... Didn't want to scare people. One of my stitchers always uses a thimble and is fashioning a lace pocket for her thimble on her chatelaine. Another would…

Curved Stainless Steel Chatelaine with curved clip Heavy and solid curved metal with beautiful carving The chains are stainless steel and cut shorter than my usual chatelaines. Total of 7 chains All attachment rings, aka jump rings are large gauge Available with or without accessories: - Needle case - Pen/Stylus - Stork Scissors - Ladybug Locket A Chatelaine is a decorative clasp with a series of chains suspended from it. Each chain has hooks or rings for useful items such as scissors…

I'm going to a CQ workshop in July and had wanted to make a new chatelaine.. This old photo makes mine look pretty good but believe me, it is now old, well traveled, quite shabby, and the fact I spilled a cup of coffee on it didn't help. And since my new group of CQers want to make one I'll try to make a tutorial out of it... Phase one - Planning... Make a list of everything you absolutely need to stitch ...whether you're on a plane or on a cruise or on a mountain top.. You can't go look for…