I am happy to offer a variety of sewing case, needle-books, purses and millinery items. You can find the most up-to-date list of what is available in my Etsy Shop .
Here is a sampling of what I have to offer:
Books:
Coming soon: Fanciful Utility: Victorian Sewing Cases and Needle-books
From Field to Fashion: The Straw Bonnet
Custom Work:
Custom sewing case and hoods can be requested. A deposit of 50%, covering the cost of materials, is required. Please contact me if interested.
Hoods:
I love making custom Quilted Winter Hoods. You can send me your materials or I can help you find the perfect silk, lining and ribbons. I'll work with you on making your hood special with bows, velvet brims, ruched or pleated trims or even veils. Just send me a note via Etsy or email to get started. Custom orders need a 50% (or materials costs plus 40%, which ever is greater) of the estimated cost.
I love making custom Quilted Winter Hoods. You can send me your materials or I can help you find the perfect silk, lining and ribbons. I'll work with you on making your hood special with bows, velvet brims, ruched or pleated trims or even veils. Just send me a note via Etsy or email to get started. Custom orders need a 50% (or materials costs plus 40%, which ever is greater) of the estimated cost.
Sewing Accessories:
- Burgandy Silk Needle-book with brillliant blue embroidery
- This Victorian style needle-book is a reproduction bellows shape in coppery silk with a champagne silk rosette and ties. The cover is a taffeta shot silk in a glowing copper color softened with cotton batting. This book ties closed with silk ribbon topped with a rosette. Inside are a pair of off white wool needle-pages.
- Civil War Reproduction Sewing Case aka Housewife. This rolled sewing case, aka a housewife, is rolls around a round holllow case. There is enough room inside to fit spools of thread, treadwinders, small scissors, a thimble, patches of fabric, a bodkin, and what every else you might need. This case rolls to a compact 4 1/4″ long and just under 2″ in diameter, making it perfect to fit in a lady’s travel bag or gentleman’s haversack while still holding what ever you might need for a sewing project or to make a needed repair on the field.
- This case is made with a lovely fall toned striped silk on the exterior and a coppery shot silk on the interior. The spacious pocket is a white and golden yellow plaid silk. The two off white wool needle-pages are vine stitched with dark green on the first and golden yellow on the second. The viney stitch is continued on the ends of the cotton batted roll. The case is held closed with a tiny mother of pearl button and loop. This case is entirely hand-sewn and based on an original formerly in my collection and featured in the up-coming Fanciful Utility. This case took approx. 5 hours to hand-sew.
- The bell shaped needle-book is made of coppery silk with a pair of off white needle-pages inside. It is tied at top with a cream silk taffeta ribbon.
- When I saw this fabric, I knew it had to be a sewing case. Or, in this instance a pair of sewing cases. I would love to see this pair say as a pair possibly for a husband and wife, a pair of brothers or a father and son. Each rolled case is hand-sewn. The pinked needle-pages are off white wool. The button placement with button loop allows the case to be filled and still closed. The pair took about 7 hours to sew.
