Federal and Confederate Silk Housewives

[KathyBradford]

Silk and wool housewives await the embroidery of your initials. Each one is entirely handsewn of beautiful silk and covered in fine navy wool. Each stripe is individually sewn, and each star is embroidered in silk on silk.



Federal housewife kit is reserved.






Stocked with
• 100% stearine candle
• lump of raw beeswax wrapped in linen
• paper backed tin, glass, and bone buttons in handsewn poke sack
• patch fabric –FHW jean cloth, C. Childs satinette, FHW satinette, FHW wool flannel
• needles
• proper thread wrapped on cloth - black, brown, tan, blue, and off-white cotton thread
• reproduction postage stamps on 100% rag paper
• hanks of hemp twine in two sizes
• wooden dice
• tin of matches
• tracts
• handsewn poke sack in which to carry it all

Please let me know your initials so I can embroider them on your housewife. For some examples of previous ones, please see the Handwork album here at http://www.authentic-campaigner.com/...php?albumid=25 There are two pages of pictures.

25% of proceeds will be donated through ACPP.

10% discount for active and retired modern military and law enforcement personnel

$100 ($25 to preservation) includes shipping. One of each is available.

If you’d like this, please post here, PM, or e-mail PreservationParcels@hotmail.com to reserve for up to seven days. Money orders, personal checks or Paypal at preservationparcels@hotmail.com gladly accepted.

stitch by stitch, acre by acre

[KathyBradford]

Re: Federal and Confederate Silk Housewives

The Federal housewife kit is sold and going out in today's mail. The Confederate kit is still available.

Thank you.

[KathyBradford]

Re: Federal and Confederate Silk Housewives

The Confederate housewife is reserved, too.

Thank you.