History at Home: Housewives (Sewing Kits)

[@felicific9641]

Thank you, I found this very interesting. I am looking to make my own sewing kit and never knew about the military history of them.

[@susangarman9561]

Our military carries little sewing kits. Those treasures that you have I would love to have one. My uncle was killed in Belgium during WW2. It devastated my father's family. We as the next generation have felt it greatly. He was only 20 years old, just turned, newly married before he left for basic training, and only lived 2 or 3 months after joining. I wonder about those cousins whom my siblings and I and my other cousins never had the opportunity to meet and know. Your sharing about this just brought these thoughts to mind. I served for 23 years and to have one of the housewives used by our former soldiers would be so treasured.❤🥲

[@Toys0714]

Thank you for this video. I also collect WW2 and Korean War paraphernalia and it was very informative to see yours as you have obviously spent quite some time in this hobby.

[@willowsl]

The echo drowsed what you are saying

[@Lure-Light]

The scissors are so interesting im canadien and have an exact same modern pair that I don’t know where I got them. Such a cool if it ain’t broke moment. Definitely switching it into my portable sewing kit

[@donnadees1971]

I’ve begun what is called slow stitching. However, it is simply embroidery. As I sit down to do sewing, I realize-- I do need a needle holder. Then I see your site. Thank you so much.

[@LesleyCampbell-o7x]

Very good and interesting

[@phronsieone]

I had to put closed captions on in order to know what you were saying while sitting in the parlor. Other than that, very interesting info.

[@canadafree2087]

Fantastic video as I was at a military collectable show and had my choice of 4 Canadian tri-fold housewives. I paid $10 but now wish I took one seller up on the offer of all 3 for $25. I picked the tan one that looked unused; it has original buttons, and maybe original safety pins/needles. I put these contents aside and instead I am putting in the contents of our 80's housewife as I plan to carry this as a useable kit. So going down: threads/darning yarn***needles/safety pins/thimble/threader/buttons***modern sticky patches/screen repair/small length of wire. I may even add in a war nickel after watching this video. I also own a German 2 pocket kit that had some contents and I added more of the carded darning yarn that is from German military (The same yarn in my Canadian kit).

[@nzshauna3680]

Very interesting and well-done.

[@Ladythyme]

What’d he say? 😳

[@suzannecooke2055]

Great presentation! Somehow, I never thought about soldiers washing or brushing their teeth...duh.

[@pamfrank3962]

Very interesting

[@MandM-Fish60]

Good information. Unfortunately, the music is too loud and drowns out the excellent information you're conveying.

[@ilikeidoit]

So I just got a ww2 us hard shell sowing kit and it’s marked on the back l.f kholer and I’m trying to figure out more about it

[@montgomerycountyparkstrailshs]

Thanks for reaching out! It's hard to identify without seeing it (if you want to send us photos you can at [e-mail]) but if it looks like it is hand written on the back it's possibly the soldier's name. If it looks like it was printed/stamped it could be from the Kohler company--same one as the plumbing fixture company today--as they took on a wide variety of government contracts during the war years.

[@miriam-jeannette-castaneda]

Please work on the audio. Your voice echoed when you were sitting on the window seat. This made it difficult to follow what you have to say. Excited to learn more about this topic