Hussif patterns tutorials

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 Shrewsbury banner. When I delivered the banner to the campus I thought that I had best take a small emergency sewing kit along as well, just in case any last-minute fixes were required. They weren't, but as I hunted round for something suitable in which to carry pins, needles, thread and scissors I thought, "I really need to make that hussif". Make a what?…

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.

ILL. VII Huswif pattern, courtesy of Sandra Highouse

You may ask... what is a Hussif? It is a Victorian sewing kit. My silver thimble which I use all the time, when I am sewing. Many years ago, I went to a weekend class with a group of Ladies and we all made a Hussif. We had a lovely time and this has been a useful place to keep all my sewing paraphernalia. They have little pockets for everything scissors, measuring tape, pins, needles, and thimble. All the stitching was done by hand, on cream silk and I embroidered little roses and buds on…

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

Here we are at the final day of the Hussif tutorial! How have you gone so far? Have you found the steps in the tutorial easy to follow? Your feedback will assist me when planning future tutorials for the blog, so please consider your answer carefully and leave it in the comments. Thank you! Today we're adding the final touches to the Hussif and I have two slightly different binding options for you to choose from. But before we look at them, let's sew some ribbons in place. Cut two, 12"…

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.

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.

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 most popular. This five-part series of step by step tutorials ran over one week in 2015 and since then I have had hundreds of requests, especially this past year, to release the whole thing as a single pattern. Up until now I've only sold the embroideries featured in the Hussif, but earlier this week I brewed a large cup of Vanilla tea and sat down to do…