Sewing Machine Pages: Sewing Notions, Threads, Haberdashery etc.

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Sewing Notions is the term used for threads, zips, fasteners, and all manner of mysterious things...
Page updated, rebated, inspected, selected and not rejected, October 2024. Be aware that your image may not be a true colour...
And that reels and the like are expensive to post, so maybe have a selection...
Trimmings, Lace etc.
Skeins of thread, mostly for embroidery
Boxes of Reels of Thread
Individual Reels
Fastenings and Fixings
Pins
Hand Sewing Needles
Tools
Trimmings
Skeins of Thread
The following are vintage items. Don't expect them to be suitable for mending your jeans... Embroidery threads are clean and usable and unfaded as far as I can see, but please be aware that they may not be as colour-fast as modern threads
Numbers in brackets indicate more than one available, otherwise all unique..

NO116 Penelope Crewel wool with wrapper
NO116a Colour 23 Dusty Pink (2)
NO116b Colour 138 Orange (SOLD)
NO116c Colour 61 Olive Green (1)
£1 each

NO115 Penelope Tapestry Wool Colour 71 Yellow; £1 for 2 skeins

NO131a 745 Dark Pink
NO131b 256 Maroon
NO131c 44 Gold
NO131d 261 Lemon Yellow
NO131e 371 Light Pink
NO131f 742 Pink
All £1 each

NO117 TAC Fine cotton threads with wrappers
NO117a Pink (2)
NO117b Yellow
NO117c Green
£1.50 each

NO012 Perilusta mercerised cotton, white, size F (Extra Fine) Four 60-yard skeins and tatty outer wrapper; £5


NO077 WB Pure Silk Floss colour 7 green (8); £1.50 each; £10 for all 8

NO123 Argyll Fine cotton mendings 12 yds, 50p each NO123a 27 Lilac (5)
NO123b 26 Darker lilac (3)
NO123c 6 Light brown (17)
Reels of Thread in Boxes

NO139 Dewhurst Black 100 yds Number 40; 12 in a box; £12 (2 boxes)
Not shown, but very like, NO139a full box of number 36 black, also £12 (1 box)

NO139b Dewhurst 100yds black number 40; £1 (7 reels)
NO139c Dewhurst 100 yards number 36; £1 (2)

NO051 Acme Buttonhole twist, full reels of colour 689; £1.50 each; £8 for 6 in the box

NO128 China Flag Buttonhole Twist on wooden reels, colour 778 Petrol Blue; £20 the box of 12

NO087 DMC Fine gold thread, 7 reels of 5 grammes each; £2.50 each; £16 for all 7 and the box

NO061 Champion Fine silk embroidery thread, mid-brown, 7 in box; £1.50 each; £9 the lot

NO057 DMC Black Machine Embroidery; £2 single reels; £20 for 12 in a box (2 boxes)
Reels of Thread Not in Boxes

NO052 Sylko D70 Gold-brown, unused; £1

NO133 Very fine copper coloured machine embroidery thread (1); £1.50


NO058 Thiriez black machine embroidery thread (1); £2

NO102 Sterling Mercerised machine twist 1 oz weight 24 colour 793 green; £2
Pins

NO044 Newey Diadem thick brass pins in box; £3 box

NO047 Newey Diadem fine lace pins, 30 x 0.55mm, in box; £3.50 box (3 boxes)

NO028 Vintage Eve safety pins; £1.50

NO049 Lill pins box only; £1.50
Fasteners

NO126 Card of hooks and eyes "Trident" (2); £2 each

NO126a Newey "Bar Loop" Hooks and Eyes card (2); £1.50

NO124 Newey's Patent Safety Loop hooks and eyes on card (2); £2 each

NO125 Newey's Art 100 Safety Loop hooks and eyes on card (3); £2 each

NO129 Newey Box with one Great Gross (12 dozen dozen) of size 2 black snaps. Probably full, but I'm not counting these, sorry; £3

NO084a Press studs on card, 4 used; £1
Snap fasteners on cards
NO005 Nice vintage cards
of snap fasteners: 50p each

NO136 Tiny box of hooks; £1

NO135 And another; £1

NO142 Button card, incomplete but delightful; £1.50

NO143 Diamond Button card; £3.50

NO144 Button Card; £4.50

NO145 Button card - missing the top, but the buttons are good; £1.50

NO149 Hercules button card; £2.50

NO119 Oddments of hooks and eyes; £1
Oddments

NO127 "No Sew" iron-on mending fabric on card - not functional, I suspect, so for curiosity value only; £1.50

NO027 Nice chunky metal silver cord, 4 metres; £6
My address is:-
Helen Howes
Helen Howes Sewing Machines
1 Castell Farm Cottages, Thurlton Road, Raveningham, Norfolk NR14 6NY. UK
07914 676182
Email me here - helen@helenhowes-sewingmachines.co.uk
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