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Sewing Notions
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Needle Threaders
Punch-needle and Rug Tools
Scissors in sets or boxes
All the scissors apart from TOSC052 and TOSC108 have been sharpened if needed and I have removed any that did not take a good edge - I also offer a scissor-sharpening service by post (UK only!) please email for details - helen@helenhowes-sewingmachines.co.uk
TOSC052 Faux leather case with sewing tools including scissors with scabbard; £40
TOSC052 Name on the box, on a silver badge - "Rebecca Thompson" (If this is your name, you will get a discount)
TOSC052 Open
TOSC052 Tools - the bodkin is not original and the case hinge has failed. There is some sellotape inside which may be impossible to remove...
The solid silver thimble is very good
TOSC108 Nice leatherette box with 4 tools including scissors; £40
TOSC108 Buttonhook detail
TOSC108 Box - 6-1/4 inches wide
TOSC108 Shirt-buttoning device
TOSC108 Makers mark...
Shears (cranked blades)
TOSC040 Shears "Richards Sheffield England", 7-1/2"; £9.50
TOSC075, 9-1/2", good; £15
TOSC056 Bexfield shears, 8-1/2 inches, good; £7.50
TOSC057 "Stainless steel", 8-1/4 inches, budget type but usable; £2.50
TOSC058 Sewing Devils, Finland, 8-3/4 inches, almost new; £7.50
Big Scissors
TOSC073 Fisherman's scissors, 6-3/4 inches; £5
TOSC073 Detail
TOSC073 Another detail
ROSC084 "Warranted Forged Steel", 6", fair; £3
TOSC042 Scissors "UK" 6-1/2"; £5
TOSC041 Richards' "Snip-Snap" Sheffield, 8-1/2 inches; £6
TOSC063 Richards "Snip-snap", 6 inches, good; £5
TOSC045 Richards 6-3/4 inches; £8.50
TOSC044 Wingfield and Co, 8-1/4 inch, fair; £3.50
TOSC015 Gold colour, 7 inch; £3
TOSC024 Craft scissors, 6 inch, fair; £2
TOSC033 Unusual sewing scissors, with football mark and wrappers, 5-3/4 inches, fair; £12
TOSC074 Chrome, 6-1/2"; £5
Small Scissors
TOSC077 5", good; £4
TOSC071 Embroidery 3-1/2 inches, new; £2
TOSC066 Embroidery, 3-3/4 inches, good; £2
TOSC085 4-3/8", fair; £2.50
TOSC100, 3-1/2"; £2.50
TOSC101, 3-5/8", "Timors Solingen" "Giesen & Forsthoff" Germany ; £2.50
TOSC102 Hemline "stork" scissors on card, new, 3-1/2"; £4
TOSC103, 3-7/8", very pointy "Sheffield"; £2
TOSC104, Small craft "Sheffield England” 4-1/2”; £1.50
Special-purpose Scissors
TOSC099 Bent (toenail?) scissors, 6-1/2"; £5
TOSC087 Either for chopping the ends off cigars, or for removing buttons from shirts, fair; £3
TOSC029 Hairdressers "Singer, Mexico" 7-3/8 inches, VG; £10
TOSC008 Manicare Stainless, 3-5/8 inches, with petal ends, very good; £2
TOSC069 Manicare Stainless, 5 inches, good; £3
TOSC065 Curved nail scissors, 3-1/2 inches, fair; £2
TOSC035 Nail scissors with file on the edge of the blade, 3-1/2 inches, fair; £2 (2 pairs available)
TOSC092, Curved "Solinger professional Germany 3-1/2"; £3
TOSC093 Curved "Kai, Japan"; £3
TOSC105 With inset curve - maybe for claws? "Silks stainless" 3-1/2"; £2.50
TOSC 105 Detail
TOSC106, Curved in plastic packet "stainless" 3-5/8"; £1.50
TOSC098 Surgical 4-1/2"; £3
Pinking Shears
Make a zig-zagged edge for quick finishing or decoration...All pinking shears work best on a single layer of fabric and should not be expected to cut right to the inner edges of the blades
TOSC080 Left-handed, VG; £20
TOSC111, 7-1/2" in scruffy box; £7.50
TOSC110, 6" "Foreign", good; £7.50
TOSC109 Singer 7-1/2" in amusing box; £20
TOSC094, "Richard Imperial" 9" in box; £17.50
TOSC026 Radiant Golden Age pinking, Richards of Sheffield 7-1/4"; £8.50
TOSC022 "Komficut", 8-1/2 inches, very good; £12.50
TOSC022 detail
TOSC112 Cross Knife brand - "Inseparable from your hand as your friend", 7", good; £8.50
TOSC046 "Sheffield Steel Forged" 8-3/4 inches, good; £15
TOSC047 Fiskars USA, 9-1/4 inches, VG; £17.50
TOSC048 "Yellow Canary" in box, 8-1/4 inches, good; £17.50
TOSC049 AGT in box, 7 inches, good; £16.50
TOSC050 Ross in box, 7 inches, good; £16.50
TOSC023 Small (6-1/2 inches) in box, good; £10
Snips - handy thread-cutters!
TOSC053 Thread snips, new; £1.50 pair, black or red
TOSC054 With plastic handles; £1.50
TOSC090 White plastic handles and cover; £2
TOSC091 with thumb loop "Madeira 5"; £2
TOSC107, 4-1/2"; £2
TOSC095 Steel, 4-3/4"; £3.50
Electric Scissors
TOSC097 Clover battery scissors, new in boxes (I have several); £3.75
TOSC039 Pikaby electric scissors in scruffy box. I have plugged these in and they work, but I cannot PAT test them and regard them as a novelty only. Two-pin plug! Your risk; £15
TOSC089 Singer battery-powered scissors with instructions and spare blades. They cut just fine, but not my cup of tea - buy your own AA batteries please, as these are hard to post; £10
TOSC113 Jones Electric, 2-pin plug, similar to the Pikaby above; almost certainly entirely unused... Sigh; £12
If You Must...
TOSC072 Razor blades (single-sided, not shown) 50p, and regular type in holders; £2
No young person need apply, and on your own finger-ends be it
Scissory Add-ons, Extras, and such...
TOSC001 Singer 25525 Bias Gauges - clip on to the tip of your scissors to make cutting bias tape easy; £4 each
Bias Gauge In Use...
Stilettoes, and Poking Tools
TOST001 Singer
£2.50 (Out of stock)
TOST002 Plastic handle, 3-5/8"; £1
TOST005 Black wooden handle, 3-7/8"; £4.50
TOST008 Plastic handle, 3-7/8"; £1
TOST012 Pinholder with jaws to hold a needle, 3" plus the needle; £2.50
TOST013 Large Singer unpicker; £3.50
TOST014 Small Singer unpicker; £2.50
TOST015 Large flat unpicker; £2
Seam Rippers
EF312 Big Yellow; £3
Buttonhole Cutters
TO1050 Blades only, 3/8 and 5/8 inches; £1.50 pair (SOLD)
Not shown TO1050a, pair of 3/4 and 3/8 inches, also £1.50
Gauges and Measures
M009 Singer Bias Guages - attach to your scissors to let you cut an even width of binding; £4 each
TOME003 From Singer slant-shank set - useful marker; £3
Singercraft Tools
- are used to make fringes and rugs with the sewing machine. Easy to use and quite fun... Contain a small blade, so mind your fingers..Come with reproduced full instructions
EF154 Silver 120987, with good blade; £25
EF154a, Not shown, as EF154 but with a black handle; £25
EF167a Spare blade holder 120983 for the above; £2
EF167b Spare blade, new in packet; £5 (Sold out, sorry)
EF167c another type of blade holder 86586; £2
Hemstitcher Bars
EF306 Nu-Way Hemstitching fork with instructions; £12.50
Punch Needle and Rugmaking Tools
Darning Tools
EF221 Darning mushrooms with internal lights. One complete and may work (not tested); £3, another not quite all there; £2
EF291 Cornells "Marvel" Patent Darner (the top is full of steel fuzz); £6.50
EF291 Side
EF291 Underneath
Tracing Wheels and Marking Tools
TOMARK001 Wooden handle; £4
TOMARK002 Dyno, Red plastic handle; £2
Big and Special Needles, and Needle Storage
EF173 Big Bodaceous Bent Needle; £1
EF146 flat bodkins and elastic threaders; 50p each
EF231 Small steel needlecase; £2.50 (I think I'm out of these, sorry, but please ask and I'll look)
EF241 Penelope Ribbon Threader; £3
EF302 Double-ended bodkin; £1
EF259 Wallet with contents as shown, 4 by 2 inches; £5
Skirt Hem Markers
EF205 Singer Skirt Marker, base, puffer, box and instructions (no ruler); £8
EF185 Singer Skirt Marker, base, puffer, and instructions only, in box, no ruler; £8
EF184 Complete Singer Skirt Marker with ruler; £25
Looms and Weaving
EF122 Netting Needle, nicely patinated. I have a few of these. Approx 10-1/2 inches; £2 each
And Finally...
TOODD002 Loom Setter; £25
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
I prefer that you email me (at any time), or phone between 3 and 6 (UK time) most days