Sewing roll, sewing rollup or hussif/huswif/housewif

I often spend January and February working on small projects, finishing ufo's or doing some crochet. After all the stress in December trying to finish my costume in time. I feel entitled to some time off but I am to restless to do nothing, this year is no different. First off I finished the lace cap I had started working on at an event in December. My second project was a making myself another sewing roll. I had made several sewing rolls last year to give as gifts to friends for Christmas.

They where made with pretty fabric and a pattern by Merchant and Mills. Running out of time, as always, I made myself a simple version of natural colored linnen and cotton. Functional but not spectacular.

One of my friends had also made a sewing roll and when I saw hers I absolutely loved it. It was made with a whole lot a small quilting fabrics and the construction she had just made up herself. Being the sweatheart she is for christmas she gave me a package with some small squares of quilting fabric, some embriodery designs and her sewing roll to copy! I hadn't done cross stitch embriodery in twenty years so it was quite a challenge. With her help and inspiration I made this and I am really happy with the end result.

Please remember it is not intended to be a reproduction.

However I do think she got the look quite right!

Needlework Case 

Place of Origin: United States, North America

 Date: 1795-1820

Materials: Cotton; Wool; Silk

Winterthur Museum Collections

1816 sewing rollup of housewif

https://nl.pinterest.com/pin/98657048059189308/

Roll up Huswif Sewing Case, ca 1830, New England

was sold at http://www.stellarubinantiques.com/

Image no longer available at the website 

but definitely worth a visit.

1850's housewife

https://nl.pinterest.com/pin/264305071854320240/

I just love the fabrics !

Huswif from 1856

https://nl.pinterest.com/pin/384917099393649313/

Silk Roll-up with seam covering embroidery

from about 1880.

http://barbarabrackman.blogspot.nl/2011/07/civil-war-housewives.html

(unfortunately the images no longer seem to load)

Up untill now I have only shown you sewing rolls on which our versions are based upon. Here are some other variaties!

An early 19th century  American Canvaswork Sewing Case Pocketbook

https://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/2558M/lots/240A

Pocketbook pattern from Godey's Lady's book 1862

http://worldturndupsidedown.blogspot.nl/2012/05/pocketbook-pattern-from-godeys-ladys.html

1864 Housewife for a Gentleman

from Godey's Lady's Book.

Sewing case closed

Sewing case open

http://www.victorian-embroidery-and-crafts.com/sewing-case.html

This one I would like to make some day.

Source: Groot Handwerkboek uit Grootmoeders Jeugd,

Ilonka & Leonard de Vries & Margrit Reij.

On the subjects of UFO's I today I finally finished my crochet christmas blanket after working on it on and off for over two years!