The Early Workbasket ~ Pins & Needles

Welcome dear friends to the wonderful

day we call Friday!

And a good Friday it is...finally ready to share

Humble Hare Handwork Club's next kit...

"Abby's Needlekeep"

Stitched on 36ct. Edinburgh "Summer Khaki"

then a layer of quilt batting, backing is a

 wonderful mocha fabric with matching ribbon for the ties.

The back cover of the needlekeep 

can be personalized with your initials and date.

Pins & needles center piece is dark chocolate wool~felt...

Pinking shears can be used to give your insert a

 nice border look or it can be left untrimmed, 

the choice is yours!

Hope you will enjoy stitching Abby's Needlekeep!

Memberships are still available to receive all four of

Humble Hare Handwork Club kits,

"From Me to Thee" Strawberry Pinkeep (No. 1)

"Humble Gatherings" Pillow Tuck & Bittersweet Fob (No. 2)

"Be Still My Soul" Tailor's Roll (No. 3)

"Abby's Needlekeep" (No. 4)

available through my Etsy Shop

https://www.etsy.com/listing/229937538/humble-hare-handwork-club-one-full-year?ref=shop_home_feat_2

Please note

Humble Hare Handwork Club

will not be available in 2016 ~

But...coming soon  

is a new club titled

Schoolgirl Samplar Club!

~**~

For today's Early Workbasket I've chosen  

the topic Pins & Needles... 

Advertising pinboxes were more widely available in the 

USA than in Britain, and this is the only English one

in my collection.

These cardboard boxes in which pins were sold, 

frequently carried advertising slogans...

What outstanding labeling!

Can you believe this originally sold for only .10¢!

The USA bases are usually wood with a 

rolled paper insert to keep the pins...

 

This one is from Scovill Manufacturing Co.

Waterbury, Connecticut 

Some will have a pincushion in the 

center, this one does not...

Crescent Brass & Pin Co., Detroit, Michigan 

This one is from the same company, but with a pinkeep...

A little faded, but is stamped 

Crescent Brass & Pin Co., Detroit, Michigan 

This one is from American Pin Co...

The tattered label is still hanging on, 

stamped Waterbury, Connecticut 

Cubes were also very popular in their day...

Cubes had glass~headed pins arranged in rows.

Pins have been used for centuries but only became

inexpensive from the mid~19thC, and in the late

19thC they were still being carefully packaged.

These can be found through sites like Ebay & Etsy.

Now, for the needles...

This is the only round wooden needle container with

advertising that I have ever come across!

It is so sweet, measuring only 1.5" in diameter!

Such simple beauty in small packaging...

So there you have it, "Pins & Needles" something else

to keep your eyes open for this summer while

out antiquing!

~**~

Weekend Soul Food ~

"And again I say unto you, it is easier for a 

  camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for

 a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."

Matthew 19:24...KJV

~**~

Live with Joy!

Joy is a great accessory and can be worn every day!

Kindly, Tammy & Abby