Tin full of treasure

I recently attended a garage sale held by an antique dealer who was liquidating her stock; among the things I picked up that morning was this cute, old handled tin full of sewing stuff!

She sold it to me full of its contents for one low price.  Going through it when I went home was like seeing what was in a grab bag.  (If you don't get excited by sewing stuff and/or ephemera, you might want to skip the rest of this post...)

See that wonderful, bright pink/magenta velvet box?

 

It's a satin-lined rosary box, and contained these sparkly old buttons!

Pretty!

Then there was a stack of progress report cards, the size of index cards, with really funny (I thought) notations;

they're from 1933.

 The rest of the stuff was what you would expect -- old sewing notions, some in wonderful old containers.

 This apple is a tape measure -- you pull out the leaf to get it started!

Here are two varieties of safety pins -- I've never seen either type before; aren't they cool?

I really like these wooden darning items -- especially the black painted one with the decorative plate!  And a cute little round pin keep, too.

 

Crochet needles coming out of my ears, in all different sizes!

And more, with some other needle-like contraptions (I think one may be a felting tool...) and even a couple of lollipop sticks made of paper!

 A cute wooden thread holder; the biggest needle I've ever seen (and dull!), and a traveler's sewing kit, plus...

this cute wooden weaving loom!

 Here's what was inside the sewing kit -- it's a hosiery mending kit!

Cute little ad from the giver -- the Typewriter Man!  Can't you just see him see him going office to office, treating the front desk ladies with these little gifts?

Scissors, one pair made in Germany, plus something that looks like a paint can opener...and then those long skinny tubes that expand a little...I have no idea what they are, do you?

 Finally -- the most wonderful chatelaine, made by hand with crazy quilting stitches!

 There's a pincushion...

 a needle case...

a thimble holder...

and a scissor holder, with the sweet snippers still intact!

If you've read this far, thank you for poking through my tin with me!  I'm linking up once again with:

Thrift Share Monday

 Nifty Thrifty Tuesdays

 2nd Time Around Tuesday

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