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HELP! Kate XXXXXX 08-02-2009
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Posted by Kate XXXXXX on August 2, 2009, 1:50 pm
Brain has suffered total meltdown, and I'm in free-fall! I need a Manly
type of sewing kit organizer pattern for the GMNT! I have tried and
failed to design this myself. Free or downloadable as I don't have time
to wait for one in the post!

Sorry - I feel really stupid today!
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Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
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Posted by Olwyn.Mary on August 2, 2009, 2:50 pm
Kate XXXXXX wrote:
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Are you talking about a "hussif"? There are lots of patterns online if
you "Google" for it. There is even one suitable for re-enactors, both
civilian and military.

If you need something larger, I'm sure it would be dead easy just to
double all the measurements.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.




Posted by Pogonip on August 2, 2009, 3:42 pm
Olwyn.Mary wrote:
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Olwyn Mary, you are so smart! I couldn't figure out what Kate was
wanting, and had never heard the term "hussif." So after your post, I
went Googling and found the sites you mention.

One with a pattern:
http://danceswithwool.wordpress.com/2008/07/12/making-an-18th-century-hussif-sewing-kit/

Lots of others with pictures of the end product, in various guises.
Plain and fancy. I think I actually have one somewhere that I made from
a little kit years ago. Remember those pre-printed lengths of cloth?
It was from one of those.
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Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
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Posted by Olwyn.Mary on August 2, 2009, 4:13 pm
Pogonip wrote:
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http://danceswithwool.wordpress.com/2008/07/12/making-an-18th-century-hussif-sewing-kit/
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Hussif was what the British Army called it. A contraction of
"housewife". I think they used to be issued to soldiers until about WWI.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans

Posted by Kate XXXXXX on August 2, 2009, 6:22 pm
Pogonip wrote:
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http://danceswithwool.wordpress.com/2008/07/12/making-an-18th-century-hussif-sewing-kit/
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That's one I've been looking at. Bit small, but...

I want to improve on this sort of thing:
http://www.cadetdirect.com/order1.php?pg=269

I have better quality scissors, and thread, spare buttons off some old
trousers, and I can add in some patches cut from spare fabric. I'll add
some straight pins and a pack of needles, a thimble, and a couple of
other bits. He's supposed to have instructions with it... Off to make
up some instructions for patching and sewing buttons on!


--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

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