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Free to a Good Home-- Sewing Related Archival Materials



Some months ago our museum was offered a collection of materials that once belonged to a home economics teacher from a neighboring city.  The collection did not fit within our museum collection, however I did offer to help the owner find a home for the items.  I have found appropriate repositories for some of the items, but am still trying to place the rest of the items.
 
If you are interested in some of the items, please contact me.  We ask that you pay for shipping.  The actual donation would be from the donor, not our museum, and I will supply that information to you if you are interested in any of the items for your collection.  The owner would like the items to find a home, but did not require that the collection all go to one repository, so if one or two items would be appropriate to your institution, that would be fine.
 
You'll find the list below-- please read the whole list if you think you might be interested in something-- it's a quite a varied collection!
 
Thank You.
 
Maggie Marconi
 
 
  • Walco Precision Rhinestone Setter “Glamorize your clothes and accessories economically” (in original box) with a bag of rhinestone backs. Ca. 1950
  • Stanford Stud rhinestone setter, metal with red paint finish, finish is somewhat scratched up.  With misc. snaps and buttons.
  • Iron-on seam binding, Star brand, black, unopened, .35 cents
  • Ecru colored soutache braid
  • Box of Oakeville Puritan bank pins (in original box, nice) ca. 1930
  • Craft House Battery Operated Styrofoam Cutter, red cardboard tube with metal loop and a wire to work as a ‘saw.’  Ca. 1950.
  • Weaver Beaver, white plastic tube with two needles attached for mending.  Ca. 1950.  Instructions included, made by Acme Specialty Co.
  • Small box of mixed buttons (approx 20 buttons) circa 1950.  box is a plastic Coats & Clark’s Neck Opening 22” White Zipper. 
  • Thread snippers, #104 Gold Seal Sou Sup. Co., St. Petersburg, FL
  • K-Tel Dressmakers Guide plastic ruler, Ó1971
  • Schul-Son Pattern Notch Cutter with receptacle (hole punch for fabric), with original box, original price, $1.95, ca. 1950
  • Lenox Manufacturing, Famous Buttonhole Worker Model C.  In original blue “quilted” plastic case with booklet.
  • Rug Making Sewing Guide in original box with leaflet.  Ca. 1950s.
  • Miracle Stitch Master with the Magic Finger.  In original box with booklet.  Ó 1946, ca. late 1940s.  Nice graphics in booklet.
  • “Kwik Tack” made by Berwalt.  Blue plastic scissor-like implement that holds two pieces of tailor’s chalk to mark fabric for home sewing. Ca. 1930-1950
  • ESCO black pattern making implement (?)
  • Bag of grommets
  • Sewing machine bobbin
  • Small tool, perhaps for sewing machine maintenance?
  • Clear plastic grid ruler, broken
  • Sewing machine maintenance tool with clear red plastic handle (like a screwdriver)
  • Sewing machine maintenance tool with clear blue plastic handle (like a screwdriver)
  • Two “Bobbinex” clear plastic bobbin holders.  One with four bobbins in it, one with 11 bobbins, a bobbin holder, a small plastic brush, a basting guide and a bias trim attachment.
  • 2 rolls of turquoise color interfacing (?)
  • 5 large rolls of white interfacing (?)
  • 3 rolls of white interfacing (?)
  • small tool in box (rhinestone setter?)
  • small dritz tool (seam allowance gauge?)
  • pin box with sewing machine needles, needle threader, a bobbin, a plastic presser foot (?)assorted other small items
  • Tabon Zipper, Nylon Coil, Dress or Neckline, Apple Green, ca. 1940
  • Husqvarna Automatic plastic laminated decorative stitch guide.

 Sewing Patterns

  • Simplicity 7795 Miss Size 12 bust 34 Jumper or top, skirt and pants, 1968
  • Simplicity 4233 Miss Size 12 bust 32 Chinese robe, lounge set and patio dress ca. 1960
  • Simplicity 9131 child size 5 breast 24, child’s and girls’ dress with detachable collar and doll’s dress, ca. 1970.
  • Simplicity 9113 Miss size 12 bust 34 jiffy jumpsuit, 1970.
  • Simplicity 4826 Miss size 12 bust 32 one piece dress, ca. 1960.
  • Simplicity 5140 size 12 bust 34 waist 26 ½ blazer, skirt, vest and pants, 1972
  • McCall’s 2203 Size 12 34 bust dress in two versions or top and pants, ca. 1968
  • McCall’s 9572 Misses’  size 14 blouse, ca. 1935
  • McCall’s 3586 Miss size 12 skirt and blouse ca. 1950s (envelope missing)
  • McCall’s 559 Miss size 14 bust 32 jacket skirt and trousers ca. 1930s (?) (envelope missing)
  • McMullen M242 Miss size 10 jumper and blouse, ca. 1950.
  • Women’s Day pattern 5051 pattern insert (no envelope or pattern pieces) jacket, skirt and blouse, ca. 1948.
  • (2 patterns, both the same) DuBarry Perfect Pattern 5258 Miss size 12 bust 30 dress, 1941
  • Vogue 7808 size 12 bust 30 blouse, 1952
  • Advance Printed Pattern 9950, bishop method, waist 40 men’s slacks

 Singer Sewing Machine Accessories

  • Singer Stitch Patterns for automatic Zigzagger:  Scallops, Multiple Stitch, Walls of Troy, Icicle.  In original box with leaflet inside.  Ó 1954  Ca. 1950s
  • Singer ball bearing pinking attachment for use on all Singer Lock-Stitch Family Sewing Machines.  In original box with leaflet, Ó 1933, 1934, & 1935. Ca. 1930s
  • Singer Automatic Zigzagger.  In original box with leaflet, Ó 1954, ca. 1950s
  • Singer Stitch Patterns for Automatic Zigzagger:  Key, Ball, Block, Shingle, Set. No. 3.  In original box with leaflet, Ó 1955, ca. 1950s.
  • Singer Stitch Patterns for Automatic Zigzagger:  Curved Mending, Three Step, Open Scallop, Solid Scallop, Set No. 4.  In original box with leaflet.  Ó 1955, ca. 1950s.
  • Singer Blind Stitch Attachment.  In original box with leaflet.  Ó 1949, ca. early 1950s.
  • Singer Hemstitcher, hemstitching and picoting attachment for family sewing machines. Ó 1933, 1935, 1940, & 1942.  ca. WWII era
  • Four plastic Singer bobbins in a opened package (one bobbin missing).  Ca. 1980

 Miscellaneous  

  • Box of dustless white chalk “Futura,” Montrose Products, Inc. ca. 1980
  • Small plastic ‘snakeskin’ purse full of small seashells
  • Green bow hairclip with pink heart-shaped buttons
  • Wahl hair clippers, ca. 1950
  • Four plastic shoe stretchers
  • Two ‘matchbooks’ of nail files, advertising for “Joe Leventhal, Inc., Manufacturers of Dresses” NYC ca. early 1950s.
  • Paper chalice and host, possibly cut out from a First Communion card or invitation?
  • Two packets of lace shelf edging (one with insert included)
  • Lane Bryant “Do You Know that You are the Public Relations Expert in Your Store?” booklet, ca. 1950.
  • Cooperative Extension Service—the Ohio State University, booklet “Dress Line,” ca. 1960, bulletin 464.
  • Cooperative Extension Service—the Ohio State University, booklet “ Plackets and Buttonholes,” ca. 1970, bulletin 564.
  • Cooperative Extension Service—the Ohio State University, booklet “Accessories for You,” ca. 1970, bulletin 615.
  • Cooperative Extension Service—the Ohio State University, booklet “Principles of Fitting,” ca. 1970, bulletin 480.
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture, Miscellaneous Publication 591 “How to Tailor a Woman’s Suit,” 1946.
  • Post triangle, plastic in a red paper wrapper
  • Dietzgen transparent celluloid curve in manila envelope

Books

  • How to Design Beautiful Clothes; Designing & Pattern Making, by Esther Kaplan Pivnick, 1949, hardback
  • Singer Instructions for Art Embroidery and Lace Work, seventh edition, 1941, by the Singer Sewing Machine Company Education Department.  Hardbound.
  • Simplified Pattern Making for Women’s Coats and Suits, by Jack Kirschner and L.L. Bartelme, 1949, hardback
  • How to Make Flowers with Dennison Crepe Paper, Dennison Manufacturing Co., 1948, paperbound
  • Pattern Drafting; Children’s Garment Design, by M. Rohr, 1947, Spiralbound.
  • Fundamental Principles of Pattern Making for Misses and Ladies Garments, by Irving E. Curtis and Philip Difatte, 1948, Spiralbound.
  • Technical Problems in Pattern Making for Misses and Ladies Garments, by Irving E. Curtis and Philip Difatte, 1949, Spiralbound.
  • Principles and Problems of Pattern Making as Applied to Women’s Apparel; Book I, Foundation Patterns or Slopers, by Charles Kaplan, 1935.  Spiralbound.
  • Principles and Problems of Pattern Making as Applied to Women’s Apparel; Book I, Foundation Patterns or Slopers, by Charles Kaplan, 1939, revised edition.  Spiralbound.
  • Designing Your Own Dress Patterns, by Helen Nichol Tanous, 1951, hardback
  • Principles and Problems of Pattern Making as Applied to Women’s Apparel, Book II, Style Patterns, by Charles Kapland and Esther Kaplan, 1940, Spiral bound.
  • Drafting and Pattern Designing, published by the Woman’s Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, Scranton, PA, 1937, paper bound.
  • Modern Pattern Design; the Complete Guide to the Creation of Patterns as a Means of Designing Smart Wearing Apparel, by Harriety Pepin, 1942, hardbound
  • Pattern Grading Simplified; A Manual for Grading Women’s Misses, Juniors’ and Children’s Dresses, Suits and Coats, by Jack Kirschner, 1947, hardbound.
  • Tailored Garments, by the Woman’s Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences, 1948, hardbound.
  • Your Millinery, by Winifred Reiser, 1949, hardbound, Jacket intact.
  • As A Man Thinketh, by James Allen, 1940 (?) hardbound, jacket intact.
  • Pattern Drafting & Grading Women’s and Misses’ Garment Design, by M. Rohr, 1948, spiral bound.
  • How to Make Hats and Accessories, by Vee Walker Powell, 1946, hardbound.
  • Precision Draping; a Simple Method for Developing Designing Talent, by Nelle Weymouth Link, 1948, hardbound.
  • Buttrick Dressmaking Book, 1949, paper bound.
  • A Tailoring Manual, by Gertrude Strickland, 1949, spiral bound.
  • (8 copies) The Bishop Method, Basic Sewing Steps of Clothing Construction, by Edna Bryte Bishop, ca. 1950-1960.  Paper bound for three ring notebook.
  • (9 copies) The Bishop Method of Clothing Construction; Details for the Quality Look, by Edna Bryte Bishop, ca. 1950-1960.
  • Ironing Can be Easy; A Complete Ironing Method Based on Latest Scientific Research, by the Proctor Electric Co., 1948”
  • Tips for the “Sew,” sets 1-4 (four sheets of three ring punched printed paper), McCall’s Patterns Educational Service, ca. 1960.
  • Six spiral bound notebooks with hand copied notes on design and patterns, in pencil.
  • Three sketch pads with hand copied notes and design and patterns.

 

 

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Maggie Marconi
Archives/Museum Services Manager
Sandusky Library
Follett House Museum
114 West Adams St.
Sandusky, OH  44870
419-625-3834
419-627-1224 (fax)
mmarconi@sandusky.lib.oh.us