Daisy Hussif by Di Kirchner
27th September 2024
When it’s time to pack your luggage for your next trip away, you might take a moment to consider how you should fold your clothes.
In fact, if you spend enough time speaking to frequent travellers, inevitably the following character assessment is bound to come up:
Are you a folder or a roller?
The theory goes that by rolling your clothes instead of folding them, you are likely to end up with less creases and save space.
Only personal experience and perhaps specific technique can vouch for the best results one way or the other, but it does appear that in recent times, rolling is gaining in popularity.
It also seems that the popularity of rolling is not just limited to how you pack your clothes.
Talented designer Di Kirchner has embraced her inner ‘roller’ and created one of the most unique hussifs we have seen.
Daisy Hussif from the Handpicked Collection 3, is Di’s latest offering from her incredibly impressive and diverse repertoire of projects.
This charming design features a clever cylindrical shaped hussif which neatly houses a matching pincushion, needle minder and scissor fob.
Stitched onto natural linen with navy blue thread and worked in counted thread embroidery, Daisy Hussif is rather diminutive in stature measuring 8.5cm x 5.5cm in diameter (3 ⅜” x 2 ⅛”) when closed.
This makes it the perfect size to tuck into a pocket or workbox where it safely stays until needed to make important repairs or to steal a moment for some quiet stitching.
A hussif, or huswif, is an eighteenth-century term that refers to a small roll containing essential sewing supplies. Both names are variant forms of housewife and acknowledge the range of implements she would use daily in keeping house.
The Daisy Hussif is one of those delightful projects that, when finished, you are so pleased with what you’ve created, you end up using it all the time thanks to both its practical nature and the pleasure it gives.
Oh, and we asked Di if she folds or rolls her clothes when she travels, and it turns out… she’s a folder.
It seems she saves up all her rolling skills for designing stunning embroidery projects!
Make Your Own Daisy Hussif
Our Handpicked Ready-to-Stitch kit contains all the materials you need to re-create this project yourself, including printed instructions.
If you prefer to source the materials yourself, this project is part of our Handpicked Collection 3, with instructions included in the printed book and also available separately as a printed or digital pattern.