Chatelaines are clips or pins that you wear at the waist, with chains to hold things that you need. I wanted one. I needed one. You know, because I work at a living history museum. Occasionally. All right, I just wanted to be fancy when I sewed things. Unfortunately, I do not have a million kajillion dollars, as indeed you need. Instead, I used:
*A gold ish pin from the thrift store
* Chain
*Lobster clasps
Total cost: about $3.
Comparison: $70.99
Then you need some things to put on it!
Like storky scissors! They were about $7.
Comparison: $46.99
And a seam ripper encased in wood, made by your darling husband. This... is probably the thing I use most.
A pin cushion!
It is made of $1 worth of jewelry finding type stuff I found at the craft store, sandwiching a ball of fabric filled with fluff.
This was the inspiration. Cost: $39.99
The tape measure is a retractable Singer tape measure. I'm still figuring out how to make it fit the rest of the set. Probably I will recover it with brown leather. Anyway, it's a darn sight better than paying $54.99.
Very cool, and yours looks great compared with the one you found.
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