I have decided to get back into my textile art–for at least part of each day–and I am moving all my sewing materials down to my studio to transition into this next chapter of my career

I am excited to show you the wooden sewing box I bought and the tools Included in the kit.

To be honest, all the utensils in the kit are of excellent quality and are fully functional, but I mainly bought this kit because I love the way it looks. I will use it primarily for decoration of my new textile arts space in my studio.

More likely, I will leave the tools in the pretty box until the day that I can’t find her working counterpart in my heaps of stuff.

Talerluv Victorian Sewing Kit

Book Published in 1909 – i own this old book.

I am studying Barbara Willis’s Cloth Doll Books now, and I love the way that many of her designs have a vintage look.

Barbara Willis Minidress.

Barbara Willis Memory

Much of my own textile art has a vintage look about it, and I bought the following Victorian Sewing Kit before I began studying Willis’s dolls. Sewing and Fanciwork were an essential part of the Victorian Female’s Lifestyle. I like the way that the tools of this kit are created to mimic Victorian sewing tools. And yet, each tool has a modern day application.

Let’s talk about some of the tools:

I primarily hand sew my projects, and a pair of quality detail scissors is vital to my work. The scissors in this kit are elegantly detailed. They would look good in the Barbara Willis Scissor Holder

Barbara Willis Victorian Scissors Holder

I have had several awls before. Awls are thick, heavy duty but pointed tools that are essential for puncturing thick fabrics.

If you have ever guided a ribbon or a piece of elastic through a narrow enclosure, you might appreciate that a bodkin is a less crude way to do the same thing.