Product Description
Dawn Cook Ronningen of Collector with a Needle has designed this ladies waist pocket based on a ca. 1818 sampler in her collection stitched by Mary Ann Bickerton. Members can purchase this guild-exclusive design as a PDF to accompany her May 2024 program lecture. The pattern includes the chart, a supply list, and finishing instructions. This pocket was designed for 36 Count linen with a thread key for silk or DMC to be worked from stash. The PDF will be emailed to members in early April after the April 2024 meeting.
NOTE: An optional finishing kit will be available directly from Collector with a Needle’s Etsy shop for $18. The finishing kit will include 19th century reproduction cottons for lining and binding and vintage tape for waist ties. Look for “Exclusive TRSG Finishing Kit.”
Dawn Cook Ronningen, who can be found on social media as “Collector with a Needle,” is a collector of antique embroidery-related tools and antique textiles. As a historian, she also researches her finds and lectures about them. She is the author of two books: Antique American Needlework Tools and Sewing Rolls, Needle Rolls, and Huswifs. Dawn also designs original quilts and needlework accessories, such as the antique-inspired pocket she designed exclusively for our guild.
Cutoff date to purchase charts is April 3, 2024.
