My husband bought me the Historic Enterprises sewing kit for Christmas a few years ago. The box is attractive, but you need a cotter (sp?) pin to keep it closed. I couldn't get the scissors to even cut thread. They told me at Pennsic when I went to exchange them that you "had to hold them a certain way" that I never got the hang of. Fortunately they finally accepted them in exchange. The best thing in the box is the ring thimble. I have bought several of those and keep them in the various places I sew. Theirs is the most comfortable one that I've found. My brain reads wearing a modern thimble as though there's an injury to that finger, so it shouldn't be used. The ring thimble is the first one I've ever managed to use on a regular basis.
Nancy Stengel Ulmer (Maddalena Salutati) _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
