Housewife Sewing Kit

This is a kit containing everything you need to assemble and stock a housewife sewing roll. A housewife is a simple 18th-century sewing kit commonly carried by soldiers and seamstresses. ‘Housewife’ was almost always written as a full compound word, but was likely pronounced ‘huss-if” by most (if not all) speakers during the period. ‘Housewife’ is thought to be a name for the sewing kit affectionately coined by soldiers in the field, who were far from the comfort of asking their wives to mend their tattered clothing, blankets, or tentage.

This is definitively the most cost-effective housewife kit on the market.

Contents include:

• Instructions packet

• Precut linen/cotton blend fabric

• Linen/cotton blend “Dutch” tape

• Natural color linen thread

• Black cotton thread

• White cotton thread

• 3x leather thread winders

• Beeswax chunk

• Needle set (25)

• Pins (25)

• Fabric for needlebook

• Unwashed sheep’s wool

• Dyed brown linen for pin cushion

• 3-ply linen thread (natural)

• 5-ply linen thread (white)

• Small bone button

• Large bone button

• Small pewter button

• Large pewter button

• Small antler button

• Large antler button

• Embroidery needles (5)