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156 Responses
I love to make neat needle rolls and I THINKTHOSE HOUSEWIF POCKETS WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPORTANT IN YOUR LIFE. I would love to own this book THANKS Gayle
I keep my needles/pins in various pin cushions. I have one old silk type holder that came from my Grandmother.
I keep my needles in a glass baby food jar. Makes them easier to find!
I’ve made a few small notebook style needle holders out of felt with a bit of embroidery for specific projects. But my favorite sewing needle holder is a wooden box (5″ x2 1/2″) I bought in 1994 that that opens to reveal all your sewing needles on 2 magnetic sheets inside the lid and on the base. It also came with an embroidery kit which is finished and glued to the lid. The embroidery consisted of a bit of cross stitch, drawn thread embroidery and needlepoint with the word Needles stitched on linen fabric. There are lots of ways we like to store our needles and the book just illustrates all the ways women have done this for many, many years. I really enjoyed your overview. Thanks! I would love to add this book to my collection.
I have made many needle cases for me and for my friends…..am fascinated with them and the history of how they were used. Would love to have this book. Thanks for offering it.
This is a great book for those of us who learned to sew with their grandmother before they had a sewing machine
Like to keep my needles in domed thread/needle holders with sewing & cross stitch supplies. The domed holders hold pre-threaded needles so I’m ready to use when needed, saves time threading needles when working on projects!
Thanks for another great video, Pat! I love this new book
about ‘huswifs’!! Such interesting & clever use of what
materials were at hand, yet little works of art! 🧵🪡
I bought a cute zipper organizer with 3 individual compartments and has outside pockets with mesh. I keep thimbles, bobbins, all sorts of sewing related tools in it.
The book looks so interesting. I have a friend who does primarily hand work and often comes to our quilt bee with some great needle caddies etc. If I win, I think I would gift the book to her!
Currently living through an early construction era home and my needles are in a drawer! So difficult finding the one I need for the current project. That book looks so fascinating!
My machine sewing needles are in the boring cases they came in but I keep my hand sewing needles in a case that looks like a lipstick. Does that count? Guess I need to up my machine needles case game!
I love antique handmade sewing kits. I have made several. I carry one in my purse with a project I’m working on to work on while waiting somewhere, doctors office, taxi service for grandkids, etc. I’ve had my eye on this book but can’t justify the price at this time. Thank you so much for giving away a copy.
I have several needle cases, but no roll! I have a very small plastic bin that I keep my machine needles in. For handwork, I have a case that looks like a lipstick to store extras, and use a magnetic needle minder for the one I’m using. This book looks like a gem! Thank you for all you do for the quilting community!
I have two needle cases that two different ladies from my friendship group made for me.
I keep one case with my to go bag that was goes with me to quilting and one in my sewing machine bag.
I made my first needle case out of a Turquoise material, patted with batting. Inside I added folded felt pages for the needles. Inside the front and pack I added a pocket and a loop above with a snap to hang a tiny pair of scissors and tuck in a thread conditioner. On the back cover I added an applique I dred similar to a “Russian Doll” She also has a flesh color round face with beautiful blue eyes and black eyelashes embroyered on, little pink felt circle cheeks and a paisley scarf around her head and face with fringe and I sewed tiny colored beadson the scarf and dress. It was made with lots of love and care. It contains many, many threaded needles of all sizes, mainly inbetweens size 10. but many others also. My granddaughters thread needles for me when they come over because they know Ihave difficulty doing it. they hold it in their hainds and pet it. they are now 23,21,and 14. they have done this since the oldest one was 6.
Wow! Could I make a historical houswif? I keep my needles in a special pouch made by a friend from her selvages and I think of her whenever I need to get a new one out. This book sounds very interesting and I can see it would give me some good ideas for future projects. Thanks Pat for all your wonderful information.
My handwork is limited to binding. I love to hand stitch my bindings. I keep my hand stitching items in a small tote that came in a Spooky Bo’s years ago. The needles are in a magnetic container I also got in a monthly box years ago. My heritage is generations of sewers. I wish i had some of their rolls. I had never thought about them till you shared the book. I will begin to search for them when I venture into antique stores.
I have never made a “huswifs”. But I am intrigued! The book just might be my inspiration!
Love hand work and those sewing rolls are fabulous works of art
I keep my needlework supplies in a variety of rolls. I made one from a quilted potholder and embellished it with buttons, embroidery, and ribbons. One came in a Fat Quarter Shop box. I would love to have this book for inspiration.
I was so excited to see the new book on sewing tools…..I’ve collected them for over 40 years. That books looks wonderful! I do have a number of huswifs and more contemporary needle and pin storage accessories. It would be wonderful if I could add this book to my collector library. Thank you for the opportunity!
I have always been intrigued by them. As a history buff, I know both women and men would carry a housewife to make repairs to clothing and so on when away from home. Many Civil War letters and diaries refer to thanks for a housewife or how much it was being used. I have one made by my sister-in-law that I found when I inherited her stash. Would love to read the book or perhaps put it on my Christmas list.
I’ve made an arm chair caddy with pockets and a pin cushion for needles, scissors, thread, floss, etc. I love learning the history of these.
I have not heard of “huswifs”. So beautiful. Thanks, I learned something new today. I would love to read the book.
Thank you for what you do.
I keep my needles in the little plastic boxes that they come in. I put the broken ones back in the box, and when it is full, I throw it away.
The book looks very interesting. I just made both the Colonial pockets and the sewing roll this summer/fall. A friend wanted help sewing a pocket, so I made one to practice before helping her. I then used left over fabric to make the sewing kit. I used both of these at our local historical farm when helping with the fall festival.
I have a small book looking bag with handles that I keep my needle case someone made me in a swap! I made the case and it holds my darning items in it and spools of Aurifil thread! This book looks amazing!
I have a plastic container with dividers from the dollar store for my needles, nothing fancy but it works for me lol. This books looks interesting, I love reading about the history of sewing techniques from the good old days, thank you for the great giveaway.
I have a small magnetic case that I keep my needles in for hand work. The book sounds very interesting and would be a nice book to own. Thank you for educating us.
I have an 3/4″ hexie EPP needle case that I made and keep in my EPP travel box. I also have a special wooden tube shaped case that my sister painted for me years ago.
It’s always very interesting to see what people used in the past for storage for their sewing projects.
I made a small bag to keep my hand sewing items in. I keep it on the end table next to my chair I like to sit and sew in.
I have a flower shaped needle minder. I made one for myself and one for my granddaughter
I saw an ad for that book the other day. It’s going on my Christamas list
I keep my needles in decorative tins. Different needles in different tins
I don’t have a needle roll. I have them stored in pill bottles and the original packaging.
I have an a plastic bin with dividers in it that I store my needles in mainly. I do have random ones in random bins though too. If I am working on a project I leave my needle with that project either in it where I left off or in the bin that I am using for it on a magnet. Good luck everyone.
The book looks very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
I actually made a huswif based on an original from a collection in a museum. I keep my favorite hand needles and my thimble in it. It has a few little pockets that I keep other tools too.
I made a simple houswif for my husband 30 years ago to have in his civil war reenactment supplies. I knew very little about them except him trying to explain. I would love the book to learn more. It looks wonderful.
Well I learned something new today from you Pat! I studied fashion design in college but I had not heard of a huswif before but it does make sense why ladies would have one back in the day… thank you for sharing the book. I would love to add to my collection of quilting books.
I have several history books about quilting, sewing, barn stars, pysanky; pretty much anything to do with the creative arts. This book looks like another I would enjoy reading.
I love learning all kinds of new things about sewing
How interesting! I love little things like this and make bags, etc. for my stuff. I put all my knitting needles in a roll I made to keep them separate. My husband is a quilter and Norwegian descent and he would love this book, too.
KEWL book! I made myself a sewing roll when I did c1745 Scottish re-enactment. We went to Highland Games to teach about Scottish history during that time frame. The men also did black powder flintlock demos. I kept my sewing roll in my embroidered period “pocket”.
Thankyou for sharing this book. I am fasacinated by how our foremothers solved the daily problems of keeping their necessary items during a time when women did not have pockets. And ttheir solutions were so beautiful!
The “huswifs” of yester year were such talented and clever women. I’m hoping that I’m chosen to win this book as it looks beautiful and interesting.
I love history of things that are different. These peaked my interest. I would enjoy reading this , a nice coffee table book
Thank you
The book is very interesting! Thanks for sharing it with us!