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Posted by Kate XXXXXX on August 3, 2009, 4:15 am
Kate XXXXXX wrote:
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> Pogonip wrote:
>> Olwyn.Mary wrote:
>>> Kate XXXXXX wrote:
>>>> 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!
>>> 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.
>> 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/
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>> 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.
>
> 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
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> 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!
>
>
Ok, it's done! In the end it took longer to find and fire up Visio and
do the accompanying instruction leaftlet!
I need to get him some decent smaller reels of thread, but other than
that, it has all the essentials:
Small scissors
Quick un-pick
Pins
Needles
Safety pins
Patches
Buttons
Instruction leaflet
Hefty Velcro closure
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>> Olwyn.Mary wrote:
>>> Kate XXXXXX wrote:
>>>> 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!
>>> 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.
>> 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:
>>