Sewing chatelaine

I'm going to a CQ workshop in July and had wanted to make a new chatelaine.. This old photo makes mine look pretty good but believe me, it is now old, well traveled, quite shabby, and the fact I spilled a cup of coffee on it didn't help. And since my new group of CQers want to make one I'll try to make a tutorial out of it... Phase one - Planning... Make a list of everything you absolutely need to stitch ...whether you're on a plane or on a cruise or on a mountain top.. You can't go look for…

Hey, I am back! Apologies once again for being MIA. Lots of reasons but none that warrant sharing. None the less, I have something beautiful to share. The back story is that I was not able to attend a gift exchange that my Stitch and Bitch group enjoy annually on 12th Night. Being absent I was unable to receive my gift from my secret Santa. In February at another SnB meeting, my secret Santa gave me my gift. It was this beautiful sewing chatelaine! She made it using a Godey's pattern. Here…

Chatelaine Sewing Tools

Queen Sofia’s Sewing Bag and Chatelaine are a reminder of the history of fashion in dress when ladies used chatelaines and hand bags to carry valuable tools.

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I love chatelaines! I have loved them for a long time! As I have progressed in my costuming, adding accessories has become more important to me than just making more garments. Whether it be hats, j…

Nurse's Chatelaine

This gift chatelaine will go out in tomorrow's mail.. Then I can focus completely on the suffrage blocks. I did make a couple little refinements on this chatelaine. Instead of sewing the two sections together at the back of the neck, I connected them with a button. Not only does this allow the recipient to adjust the length of the chatelaine, but the button acts as a pivot or hinge... I'm thinking this might be a very good thing. I always make the pin cushions with a yoyo stuffed with poly…