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Accession Number 1983.5.2.m Title instruction book Category Documentary Artifact Object Type book, instruction Creator Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences Date Made 1915 Place Made North America: United States, Pennsylvania Culture North American Cultural Region North American Gender and Age women Materials and Techniques paper; printed Description

64-page staple-bound booklet Essential Stitches and Seams, Part II, by Mary Brooks Picken, published by the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences in 1915, contains discussion of machine and hand sewing;…

64-page staple-bound booklet Essential Stitches and Seams, Part II, by Mary Brooks Picken, published by the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences in 1915, contains discussion of machine and hand sewing; scallops, chain and blanket stitches; button holes, buttons, eyelets, gathering, shirring, seam finishes, ruffles, slip stitching, mitering, joining embroidery, rolled hem, tailored seams, and insertions. Illutrated with black and white photographs and drawings.Table of contents inside front cover.

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