A stitch in time

SEW WHAT? Highlights from an ESA member’s collection of domestic tricks of the trade.

Member DP collects many things, like many of us, one part of her collection documents the ephemera of making and repairing clothes, an art not practised as much today. Best guess is that the material comes from the 1940s through to the 60s.

Packaging was practical as well as pretty. 

Pretty packaging, unrelated to the chore, seems to be aimed at the very young. The back cover of the needle book shows the brother also at play/work going head to head with the rooster.

Locally made with local conditions in mind? Breezy and sunny according to Coles’ home brand Embassy..

Or better yet ‘Made in England’. 

Lost arts, lost words

The art of stopping the fraying of cuffs seems to have died out. And maybe it was never much of an art looking at this rather drably presented new and improved product.

Who knows what a lill is?Checking the dictionaries it seems unlikely that a lill can be boxed, but lills (plural) can be – they are very small pins. This collection is a reminder of many ways in which the world has changed – its an ephemeral record of social history. Thank you DP.