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 use it mostly at re-enactments and museum programs. It's a very handy thing to carry, and a very…
Elizabethan embroidery bag I made for the Drachenwald Arts and Science exchange.
I made my very own hussif last month, as I often travel trough with sewing/embroidery/knitting projects, I needed a kit where I can have all my essentials
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A sewing pattern review for Self Drafted Pattern 421927-1000. Pattern reviews help sewers choose the right patten so that they have success with their sewing projects.
If you have found yourself often sewing by hand, as I have recently, you need a place to keep your favorite notions at the ready. In the 18th and 19th century, the need to keep little items from getting lost in pockets and bags was just as prevalent as it is now. To a Georgian-era woman, a “housewife” was the perfect place to secure small valuable items she wanted to keep on her person.
A hussif or huswif is an 18th century term for a basic sewing kit. This article describes how they became modern sewing kits.
I think of all my tutorials over the years, and there's been about eighty since 2009, that the 5-day, very detailed Hussif tutorial is the...
Lot 534 - Sewing. An 18th century sailor's hussif, & 2
A Virtual Class with Jody Alexander
The Cross Stitch Guild Scarlet Letter Hussif and Accessories
This project has been on my 'to do' list for several months, but the impetus to get on with it came from finishing the University Centre Shr...
An amazing embroidered hussif for Lady Rachel Edwards by Fleurie de Lyra. Each petal of the hussif has a different design embroidered on...
It's made and the soft smile on my face shows no sign of diminishing in the near future. This was a peaceful, satisfying, creative and be...
I am currently stitching the Carolyn Pearce Strawberry Fayre heart etui as a stitchalong project. This week, I've been stitching the needle pages on doctor flannel. See the end of this post for all the information you'll need to join in! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the project I'm stitching, as shown in Inspirations magazine…
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A “housewife”, “huswife” or “hussif” is a small wallet made of fabric and used to store sewing supplies. Today we would call this a sewing kit. “Huswifes” became very popular in the 1700s and were often elaborately embroidered. Many “hussifs” as they were nicknamed as well, were given to soldiers who could store the small…
EPP is a natural hand stitching project to take with you. Make this travel kit for English paper piecing to keep your supplies organized.
