traditional sewing kit

[Pignut]

I want an alternative to the nylon pouch that my sewing kit is in.

What do you all keep you gear in (or dont you bother)

Regards

Pignut

 

[penvisser]

I have a Dutch army issue sewing kit in my possible pouche.
But I am making one as seen in a Ray Mears DVD, that a Sami was carrying. Was made of antler.

When ready, I will post a pic.

Penvisser

 

[Pignut]

I have a Dutch army issue sewing kit in my possible pouche.
But I am making one as seen in a Ray Mears DVD, that a Sami was carrying. Was made of antler.

When ready, I will post a pic.

Penvisser

Nice one! look forwaed to it

 

[w00dsmoke]

Film cannnister with a roll of thread (linen) and several needles in it...

 

[John Fenna]

My needles (bone, porcupine quill and modern metal) are in a birch bark pot, which has wooden ends, along with a lttle willow thread and a bobbin of modern thread.
Along with some resin/charcoal/beeswax glue and an "eskimo thimble" and some willowtwine, nettle twine and some palm leaf twine these live in a - wait for it - Welsh Bushcrafters leather pouch!
Good innit!

 

[Pignut]

Any chance of a piccy John!

Those pouches are damn handy!

 

[tombear]

I ended up with several dead Maglite Solataires and after I cut off the working end and removed the spare bulb and spring from the other end. I then sealed it off with a bit of Miliput to make a watertight tube. I made a 3 section spool to go inside it from some modellers plastcard and a bit of tube. The needles go inside the tube, I've wound cotton and waxed linen thread onto the spools and it does me fine. It's small enough to go on a key ring or as a pull tag on a zip of a wash bag. It gets borrowed a lot.

For longer trips I carry a more elaborate sewing/mending kit in a nylon British army housewife which is as big as I'd like to carry.

ATB

Tom

 

[John Fenna]

Lost my porcupine quill needle!
I will have to make some more...
Also forgot to mention the awl...and beeswax

packed

 

[Pignut]

Nice one mate!

That looks great!

 

[tombear]

It occurs to me that a more traditional version of the small kit I carry could be made from one of the wooden tubes they used to package large drill bits /augers in, a spool come needle case could be turned to fit inside it. I've also seen very large cigars in similar tubes.

ATB

Tom

 

[born2roam]

, some safety pins + 2 needles in my MFA kit, some dental floss and that is about it.

Most buttons on my shirt still hold (after 3 years!), so who cares that I have a brown/kaki shirt with some white and some minty green sown on buttons

Grtz Johan

 

[John Fenna]

Why carry buttons - whittle them in situ!