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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
17599Complete Family Darner
  • Object, Fabric Piercing Tool, Sewing Needle, Darning Needle
  • Other, Sewing
Description:
Kit to darn holes "in anything that requires mending or darning in the Home"; for use with sewing machines. Contains 4 small hoops or rings in various sizes. Small black pastic needle of some sort with the kit but probably not in the original kit. Found in apartment over old store in Seal Harbor.
12443Pincushion, apple-shaped
  • Object, Needlework Container, Needlework Holder, Pincushion
  • Other, Sewing
Description:
Apple-shaped pincushion with needle, straight pins, two large pins with initial W (likely Whitmore) and one large pin with man's figure. Found in apartment over old store in Seal Harbor.
12418Spool of Silk Thread,
  • Object, Notion, Thread
  • Object, Notion, Thread
  • Other, Sewing
Description:
Spool of off-white silk thread, 5.50" high; marked 12,000 yards. Found in apartment over old store in Seal Harbor.
3336Hemming Bird
  • Object, Fabric Marker, Hem Marker
  • Other, Sewing
  • Other, Sewing equipment & supplies
Description:
Metal bird opens mouth to hold cloth taut for hemming garments. Two velvet pincushions. Velvet worn. Screw key holds bird on table. NOTE: pincushions were not with hemming bird in 2006.