Natural Beeswax Block

Used to wax thread and strengthening stitches

Available in 24g blocks – natural yellow or refined organic white

Price range: £1.75 through £1.90

Product Info

Handmade Yellow and White Natural Beeswax Block for Historical Sewing and Embroidery

Enhance your historical hand sewing with our 100% natural beeswax blocks, available in both natural yellow and refined organic white. Traditionally used since the medieval period, beeswax is an essential tool for re-enactors, tailors, and textile artists seeking period accuracy and practicality.

Each beeswax cake is ideal for waxing linen or silk threads—helping prevent fraying, reducing knotting, and strengthening stitches for hand-sewn garments, embroidery, and mending. Perfect for Viking, Saxon, Tudor, Elizabethan, and Jacobean costume construction, as well as modern heirloom projects.

Compact and easy to carry in your sewing kit, a natural beeswax block is suitable for everything from 17th-century blackwork to 18th-century tailoring. Naturally antibacterial and long-lasting, it’s a timeless addition to your historical sewing supplies.

 

Key Features:

  • 100% natural beeswax, available in yellow or organic white
  • Historically accurate for use from the medieval period onward
  • Strengthens and smooths thread for hand stitching
  • Ideal for embroidery, historical costume making, and tailoring
  • Sold per 24g block; handmade in small batches
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