Huswife sewing kit

Huswife, needle case or 'where do I put my scissors and thread when on the move?" Yep. Looking for a project to do using my 'scraps' of fabr...

this carefully embroidered “housewife” is part of the Hyland House collection The Non-Human Housewife The 18th and 19th century “housewife” (also known as “hussif”)was not a human at al…

How To Make A Travel Sewing Kit. Free Sewing Tutorial and Pattern

For my birthday I received a sewing kit from my dear friend Erika. The sewing kit was for a sewing kit, which is kind of a funny thing to say. And in actually it was labelled as an 18th Century Housewife. The kit was a collaboration between Sewstine, one of my favorite 18th Century Costumers and master embroiderers and The Lady Detalle who is also a costumer and jewelry designer. Both have shops on Etsy, which is were Erika purchased my gift.

Sailor's "housewife" sewing kit.

I'm busy making for my next fair on 16th May. It is the Selvedge Spring Fair in Stroud. I love stitching these sewing huswifs, ...

This "housewife" or sewing kit is made for use at 18th century events and for general use. It is my second try at making an at least fairly authentic pa... Housewife Sewing Kit

A Housewife, or Hussif, is nothing more than an 18th century sewing kit. Women used them at home, and soldiers used them when serving in the military. A few years back, I made one for myself, and u…

This is a rectangular thread and needle case consisting of silk embroidery threads on a linen ground with printed cottons, and a striped linen backing. It has five poc …