Hussif and Button Stick

We were issued with a Housewife on joining the National Defence Academy (NDA) in 1979.  Why a housewife to a 16-year-old cadet? That too an item which was neither male nor female, and wasn’t even a living being. It  was a simple Khaki pouch containing needles, thread, thimble, buttons, and a pair of scissors, meant…

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felt debbidipity

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Project Log: 18th Century “Housewife” Sewing Kit

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Hussif and Button Stick