centre section is double thickness with blue- rayed sun ; blue sections are decorated with gold coloured cotton french knots symbolizing the district shire where the owner lived. A Khaki coloured tiger faces inwards each end of center. Japanese characters in pink near center shashiko quilting on white rays.costume accessories - male, japan, handcrafts - sewing/ embroidery

Beige linen tea cloth with brown drawn thread centre and brown stitched box thread hem.domestic items, sewing, handcrafts, embroidery

Oblong shaped sampler with the alphabet embroidered (both upper and lower case). Also numbers 1-12 embroidered. 'Life is uncertain death is sure, sin is the wound and Christ the cure'. is embroidered under the numbers with a longer verse below. 'Mary Barton finished this in the year of our Lord 1817 'is at the bottom of sampler. A vase of flowers is embroidered on each side of final sentence.domestic items, sewing, handcrafts, embroidery

In the early 20th century, smocking appears in women’s magazines and sewing manuals on garments, domestic textiles and children’s wear. The 1930s and 1940s were the heyday of patterns and innovative stitch development. Embroidery has always had a great appeal to women, as it needs few tools. Historically the skills were taught within the family or in primary schools. Articles to make or embroider had been available in kits since the 1850s. Fancy work, the opposite of plain sewing, enjoyed great popularity in the 19th and 20th centuries. Companies which manufactured threads often produced instruction guides and patterns. This instruction book has been well-used. A small 30pp book with no cover. It contains instructions for embroidery stitches, including smocking.book-embroidery smocking handcraft needlework

A "Plain Sewing Sampler" or "Darning Sampler" was intended to showcase the wide range of sewing techniques and skills a girl or woman had. These skills might include hand sewing techniques such as darning, patching, hemming, mending, structural sewing (making pleats, inserting gussets, joining fabric with seams) making buttonholes and embroidery. Samplers could also be intended for practicing a particular technique. There were several articles printed in Australian newspapers around 1889 referring to the "Plain Sewing Movement". In 1889 a Melbourne branch of the "London Institute for the Advancement of Plain Needlework" was formed by a group of ladies led by Lady Loch and Lady Clarke with the purpose of teaching "plain needlework' to women and girls. "Plain Sewing" included fundamental stitches and techniques that were essential for practical clothing construction and maintenance. Several years later in 1891, another meeting was held at Clivedon (the residence of Lady Clarke) to look into the possibility of improving the teaching of sewing in the state schools. This meeting was attended by several school inspectors and the committee of "the Melbourne Institute for the Advancement of Plain Needlework". This "Plain Sewing Sampler" was donated from the estate of Susan Henry OAM nee Vedmore (1944 - 2021). Susan's family (Harold and Gladys Vedmore) immigrated to Australia from Wales in 1955 and settled in Warrnambool. Susan was well known in the Warrnambool community for her work supporting children and families across the district - particular those with disabilities, or those who were homeless, unemployed or isolated. Susan was the founding trustee of the "Vedmore Foundation" - a Warrnambool philanthropic trust set up to support a range of charitable and not-for-profit causes by providing grant assistance. In 2021, she was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for services to the community. It has not been possible to identify the lady (with the initials L. L.) who made this item in 1897 but it was thought to possibly be a female relation in her maternal (or possibly, paternal) grandmother's family. It has many of the same elements and techniques that were taught by the "Plain Sewing Movement" that originated in England at the end of the nineteenth century.This item is a rare example of the handcraft skills learnt by women and girls in the late 1890's to construct and maintain practical clothing for their families.A cream cotton sampler made from three smaller rectangular shapes, displaying a wide variety of plain sewing techniques including hand stitched seams (french, bound and herringboned), inserted patch, buttonhole, button, gathering, a gusset, frills, pintucks, a placket, cross stitch initials and date (L L and 1897) and decorative embroidery.L L/1897flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, shipwreck coast, needlework, textiles, plain sewing sampler, darning sampler, handwork, sewing, great ocean road, susan henry oam, vedmore trust, hand sewing, sewing techniques

From Estate of Jenny LangSewing sampler. Beige background with blue and red embroidery with different stitches.handcrafts, embroidery

Belonged to donorTransfers were a normal part of a woman's sewing equipment from approx 1920's to 1960's for embroidering household and glory box requirements.Booklet containing ten designs of a set theme. Booklets are numbered as per each theme. Book 15 - Nursery Designs Book 11 - Initials, Book 13 - Baby Book, Book 10 - Sprays, Book 7 - Dolly Varden, Book 8 - Scotty DogsTip Top Transfershandcrafts, embroidery

Belong to Barbara RogalskiRectangular cane work basket - for sewing, embroidery or needlework etc. Construction of cane interwoven with blue and white plastic strips, with plastic tab and brass twist fastener. A handle attached to lid with brass hinges. Inside of box is lined with pink satin and the lid is padded with 'pearl' buttons - white plastic covered base - underside of box.domestic items, sewing, handcrafts, needlework

The design was offered by 'Better Homes and Gardens' magazine to celebrate the year 2000. The embroidery was done by Valda Arrowsmith and Valerie Birkett.Embroidered sampler in a wooden frame. The design was offered by 'Better Homes and Gardens' magazine to celebrate 2000. The design interprets all the inventions of the 20th century. It was worked in cross stitch by Valerie Birkett and Valda Arrowsmith. Their initials are above the Australian flag. The alphabet in capital and lower case is along the top with numbers 1-10 below them. Underneath are many 20th century inventions including television, sewing machine, radio etc. The Australian flag is at the centre on the lower edge. There is a border of wattle around the four edges.handcrafts, embroidery

From Betty McPhee Collection of Sewing Equipment.Packet of double long Sewing Needles. Size 1/5H Milward & Sonshandcrafts, equipment, handcrafts, dressmaking, handcrafts, embroidery, handcrafts, needlework, domestic items, sewing

From Betty McPhee Collection of Sewing Equipment.Packet of betweens Sewing Needles. Size 5/9H Milward & Sons needleshandcrafts, equipment, handcrafts, dressmaking, handcrafts, embroidery, handcrafts, needlework, domestic items, sewing

From Betty McPhee Collection of Sewing Equipment.Packet of Darning Needles. Size 4/8handcrafts, equipment, handcrafts, dressmaking, handcrafts, embroidery, handcrafts, needlework, domestic items, sewing

From Betty McPhee Collection of Sewing Equipment.Packet of Prym Sewing Needles. Best silvered eyed sharps. Size6/8handcrafts, equipment, handcrafts, dressmaking, handcrafts, embroidery, handcrafts, needlework, domestic items, sewing

From Betty McPhee Collection of Sewing Equipment.Packet of gold Sewing Needles sharps. Size 2Queen Royal Gold Eyed sharpshandcrafts, equipment, dressmaking, embroidery, needlework, domestic items, sewing

From Betty McPhee Collection of Sewing Equipment.Packet of Sewing Needles. Size for housewife's containing 3 x size No2, 3 x size No 3 and a darning needle size 1T Hessin & Co Needles & Fish Hooks Ltd Redditch England.handcrafts, equipment, handcrafts, dressmaking, handcrafts, embroidery, handcrafts, needlework, domestic items, sewing

From Betty McPhee Collection of Sewing Equipment.Packet of patently Wrapped Sewing Needles drilled Eyed Straw. Size 4/8.H Milward & Sons patently wrapped strawhandcrafts, equipment, handcrafts, dressmaking, handcrafts, embroidery, handcrafts, needlework, domestic items, sewing

From Betty McPhee Collection of Sewing Equipment.Packet of Crewel Sewing Needles. Size 3/7 - The Flora Macdonald Needle Packet3/7 Crewel Embroidery Flora Macdonald Needle Packethandcrafts, equipment, handcrafts, dressmaking, handcrafts, embroidery, handcrafts, needlework, domestic items, sewing

From Betty McPhee Collection of Sewing Equipment.Packet of Sewing Needles. Size 3/9 High GradeDix and Rands. High Grade Sharpshandcrafts, equipment, handcrafts, dressmaking, handcrafts, embroidery, handcrafts, needlework, domestic items, sewing

From Betty McPhee Collection of Sewing Equipment.Packet of Sewing Needles. Size 3/8 - Egg eyed sharpsT & J Holyokes Original Diamond Egg Eyed Sharps.handcrafts, equipment, handcrafts, dressmaking, handcrafts, embroidery, handcrafts, needlework, domestic items, sewing

From Betty McPhee Collection of Sewing Equipment.Packet of 5/10 Lincraft sharps Sewing Needles. SizeLincrafthandcrafts, equipment, dressmaking, embroidery, needlework, domestic items, sewing

From Betty McPhee Collection of Sewing Equipment.Packet of Sewing Needles. Size Betweens 10 - Tailors BetweensT J Holyoaks Originals Tailors Betweens Made in England Est 1734handcrafts, equipment, handcrafts, dressmaking, handcrafts, embroidery, handcrafts, needlework, domestic items, sewing

From Betty McPhee Collection of Sewing Equipment.Packet of Sewing Needles. Size 18/24 0- Best nickel plated wool needleH Milward & Sons, Redditch Englandhandcrafts, equipment, handcrafts, dressmaking, handcrafts, embroidery, handcrafts, needlework, domestic items, sewing

From Betty McPhee Collection of Sewing Equipment.Packet of Sewing Needles. Size 7 - Drilled eyed betweensH Milward & Sons - Patently Wrappedhandcrafts, equipment, handcrafts, dressmaking, handcrafts, embroidery, handcrafts, needlework, domestic items, sewing

From Betty McPhee Collection of Sewing Equipment.Cylinder of Sewing Needles. Size assorted. Best English Egg EyedAbel & Morall - Cross Fox Needle Casehandcrafts, equipment, dressmaking, embroidery, needlework, domestic items, sewing

From the Betty McPhee sewing collectionCircular 5cm wheel with a knob in centre and divided with spokes on which is wound the wool to form daisy's used in embroidery. The knob enables the wheel to be turned to separate the spokes for the wool.handcrafts, equipment

From the Betty McPhee sewing collectionMetal stiletto or seamstress eyelet-pricker, with a wooden handle. Handle is secured to stiletto with a metal ferrule. Used to form a hole in embroidery and other dressmakers activities.handcrafts, equipment