1910s Mary Brooks Picken Woman's Institute Sewing Book 406 Decorative Stitches 1916 Brand_Woman's Institute these lessons helped thousands of

these lessons helped thousands of women develop professional sewing and dressmaking skills during the early twentieth century

with U Shaped Front Yoke

with Scalloped "apron" overskirt

Found in 1913 Catalog

Original 1922 Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences Sewing Course Book No

1910s Mary Brooks Picken Woman's Institute Sewing Book 406 Decorative Stitches 1916 Brand_Woman's Institute these lessons helped thousands ofWoman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences Early Correspondence School Textbook 406 Embroidery and Decorative Stitches 1916 Edition This book is one of a large series of correspondence school textbooks starting in 1916 and going into the late 1920s. These fantastic sewing books were published by the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences founded by Mary Brooks Picken. Mary Brooks Picken was the most prolific sewing teacher and writer of all