Vintage Style 6 Piece Embroidery Tool Kit in a Tin — Includes 12 Needles

Enhance your sewing journey with our Elegant Metal Engraved Antique & Vintage Style Sewing Set. This charming collection includes high-quality scissors, a needle holder, a thimble, an awl and a threading needle — and, unlike most sets of its kind, twelve embroidery needles in sizes 1 to 5, packed in the tin alongside them. It is the difference between a set you admire and a set you can pick up and start stitching with the same afternoon.

They are lovely things in their own right. Each tool is adorned with intricate engravings that evoke a sense of elegance and classic charm — flowers, leaves and fine beaded borders — finished in an antique tone so the pattern sits dark in the recesses and bright on the raised work. The scissors have generous oval loops with a decorative flourish at each tip; the needle case is a slim engraved tube with a floral panel; the thimble carries a Greek-key band under its dimpled crown. Ideal for enthusiasts of antique and vintage aesthetics.

Everything comes beautifully displayed in a decorative metal box, 15 × 11 × 3.3 cm, with a moulded black tray that gives each tool its own recess. Nothing rattles, nothing rolls loose, and the points stay where you put them. The lid is printed with a soft floral design and a line drawing of the contents, which makes it a nicer object to leave out on a shelf.

Worth saying plainly: these are new tools made in a vintage style, not antiques. They are made and finished today, in four antique-look finishes. Nothing here is a fragile hundred-year-old piece, and nothing pretends to be.

Key Features

• High-Quality Materials — crafted from durable zinc alloy metal and stainless steel, ensuring both longevity and precision in every stitch. The thimble is stainless steel; the scissor blades are steel.
• Timeless Design — each tool is adorned with intricate engravings that evoke a sense of elegance and classic charm, ideal for enthusiasts of antique and vintage aesthetics.
• Antique Colour Options — choose from four beautiful finishes, Antique Silver, Antique Gold, Antique Bronze and Red Bronze, to complement any style.
• Complete Kit — six pieces including the twelve needles, so it includes everything needed for a variety of sewing and embroidery projects, making it perfect for sewers, embroiderers, quilters, crocheters and crafters.
• Elegant Packaging — comes beautifully displayed in a decorative metal box, making it a thoughtful gift for anyone who loves crafting.

What's in the Kit

• Embroidery scissors — 11 cm (4.33 in) long with a 2.5 cm (0.98 in) blade and 4.8 cm (1.88 in) across the handles. A bright steel blade tapering to a fine point, on floral-engraved oval-loop handles.
• Awl / stiletto — 12 cm (4.72 in) long, 1 cm (0.39 in) across the handle. The longest tool in the tin.
• Needle case — 8.8 cm (3.46 in) long, 1.5 cm (0.59 in) wide. A capped metal tube, engraved to match.
• Needle threader — 7 cm (2.75 in) long, 0.5 cm (0.19 in) wide. Solid metal, not the foil-and-wire kind.
• Thimble — 2.5 cm (0.98 in) tall, 1.8 cm (0.7 in) across the opening, with a dimpled crown and a Greek-key band. Stainless steel.
• 12 embroidery needles — sizes 1 to 5, gold-eyed, in their own packet.

About the Twelve Needles

They are embroidery needles — sometimes called crewel needles — in an assortment of sizes 1 to 5. That is deliberately the heavier end of the range: a longer eye and a bigger shaft, which is what you want for several strands of stranded cotton, perle cotton, or anything thicker than a single strand. They have gold-coloured eyes, which is easier on the eyes when you are threading in poor light.

Most sets in this style either include no needles at all or include a handful of unspecified "assorted sewing needles". Knowing the actual sizes matters, because a needle with too small an eye shreds floss and a blunt one drags through the weave. Sizes 1 to 5 will take most embroidery threads; if you work in one or two strands on fine linen you will want a finer needle alongside them, around size 8 to 10.

How the Tools Get Used

This sewing set is more than just a collection of tools; it is a testament to the art of craftsmanship. Whether you are an experienced sewer or a beginner, you will appreciate the high-quality materials and the exquisite design that adds a touch of sophistication to your work — and every piece earns its place in the basket.

The scissors are small embroidery scissors, 11 cm overall with a short 2.5 cm blade. That is the size for snipping floss close to the work, trimming a thread tail flush, and unpicking a stitch without cutting the fabric under it. Not for cutting out.

The awl is a stiletto rather than a leatherworking awl. It has a smooth polished taper, so it opens the weave of a fabric rather than cutting through it — which is how you make a decorative eyelet, and it is also the tool for turning out a corner, guiding fabric, and drawn-thread work.

The needle case is a capped metal tube. Slide your needles in, put the cap on, and they stay in one place instead of migrating into the bottom of the tin.

The threader is a solid metal openwork piece. The free foil-and-wire threaders bend and break after a few uses; this one holds its shape.

The thimble is stainless steel with a properly dimpled crown — the dimples are what stop the needle head skidding off when you push.

Size, Materials & Care

• Six pieces — scissors, awl, needle case, threader, thimble, and a packet of 12 needles.
• The tin: 15 × 11 × 3.3 cm, hinged metal, with a moulded black tray inside and a printed floral lid.
• Longest tool: the awl at 12 cm (4.72 in).
• Weight: about 200 g for the whole kit including the tin. There is real metal in it — the tools have weight in the hand rather than the light, tinny feel of a novelty set.
• Materials: zinc alloy with a plated antique finish on the engraved tools; the thimble is stainless steel; the scissor blades are steel.
• The thimble is one size — 2.5 cm tall, 1.8 cm across the opening, which suits an average adult fingertip.
• Care: keep everything dry and wipe with a soft cloth. Don't soak the plated tools or put them through a dishwasher. Back in the tray, points down, and they keep.

Antique Colour Options

Four beautiful finishes, all with the same six pieces and the same floral engraving, to complement any style:

• Antique Silver — antiqued silver with the engraving darkened in the recesses.
• Antique Gold — a warm brass tone.
• Antique Bronze — darker and greener than the gold.
• Red Bronze — a soft rose-copper. (The picker calls this Red Bronze; the swatch graphic labels it Copper — same finish, two names.)

How This Compares

Against a big multi-piece sewing kit, this is deliberately the other thing. A hundred-piece kit spends most of its budget on thread you may not want, buttons you already have and safety pins. Six good tools you will keep using beats a boxful you sort through once.

Against an embroidery project kit, this is a tool kit, not a project. There is no hoop, no floss, no printed fabric and no pattern here — and that is the point: project kits usually include a single needle and nothing else you can keep. This is the set of tools that outlasts every project you put through it.

Against buying the pieces separately, the stiletto, the metal threader and a proper needle case are the three things almost nobody gets round to ordering on their own. Bought together in a tin, they cost less than the postage on three separate orders.

Questions People Ask

What are the tools in this sewing kit?
Six things: embroidery scissors, an awl (a stiletto), a capped metal needle case, a metal needle threader, a stainless steel thimble, and a packet of twelve embroidery needles in sizes 1 to 5. All in a hinged metal tin with a fitted tray.

Does it include needles?
Yes — twelve of them, sizes 1 to 5, gold-eyed embroidery needles in their own packet inside the tin. That is the sixth piece, and it is what separates this kit from the five-piece sets that look similar.

What makes a good quality sewing kit?
Fewer, better tools. Scissors that are sharp to the tip with blades that meet, a needle case that closes, a metal threader rather than a foil one, a thimble with real dimples in the crown, and a case with a fitted tray so nothing knocks about. Every one of those is on this page with a measurement beside it.

What size needles are included, and will they take stranded cotton?
Sizes 1 to 5, which is the heavier end of the embroidery range — long eyes, comfortable with several strands of stranded cotton or with perle. If you work in one or two strands on fine fabric, keep a size 8 to 10 alongside them.

Is this an antique, or new?
New — made and finished today in a vintage style, which is why it arrives complete, unworn, and with twelve fresh needles rather than missing half its contents. (Not a "People also ask" question; we added it because the search results for vintage sewing kits are largely genuine nineteenth-century sets and the difference is worth being straight about.)

Is it a good gift?
Searching for a unique and practical gift for a crafting enthusiast? Its elegant presentation and functional tools ensure it will be a treasured addition to any crafter's collection. It arrives in the tin, so it needs no wrapping, and the printed lid means it looks like a present rather than a parcel.

Will the thimble fit?
It is 2.5 cm tall and 1.8 cm across the opening, which suits an average adult fingertip. It comes in that one size.

Elevate your sewing experience with this charming set and bring a touch of vintage elegance to your creative endeavours.