1920s Brooks Picken Woman's Institute Sewing Book 7B Embroidery Stitch – Vintage4me2
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences Early Correspondence School Textbook 7B Embroidery Stitches Part 2 1923 Edition
Early Correspondence School Textbook
7B Embroidery Stitches Part 2
1921 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 time. In addition to this series she also wrote the best how to sew guide book produced by Singer. All told she wrote 96 books on sewing. She also taught Economics of Fashion at Columbia University.
Each Woman's Institute Book is a small 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 Inch booklet. This is dated 1921. It is 52 pages long and is in nice condition.
1920s Picken Woman's Institute Sewing Book 415 Designing
1920s Brooks Picken Woman's Institute Sewing Book 7B Embroidery
1920s Brooks Picken Womans Institute Sewing Book 3 A-2 Drafting
One Hour Dress-17 Easy-to-Sew Vintage Dress Designs From 1924
Mary Brooks Picken
One Hour Dress - 17 Easy-to-Sew Vintage Dress Designs From 1924
Mary Brooks Picken, Director of Instruction at the the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences, developed the easy-to-use sewing instructions for her infamous one hour dress. WIDAS was the largest school of dressmaking and design in the 1920s and produced a number of home study courses to teach sewing and millinery skills. There are three One Hour Dress books -- two from 1924, one from 1925. The two 1924 issues of this book contain different designs and different features.
One Hour Dress -- 17 Vintage 1924 Dress Designs with Detailed Instructions for Sewing (Book 2) [Book]
1920s Brooks Picken Woman's Institute Sewing Book 7A Embroidery
1920s Brooks Picken Womans Institute Sewing Book 3 A-2 Drafting
One Hour Dress - 17 Easy-to-Sew Vintage Dress Designs From 1924
1920s Picken Woman's Institute Sewing Book 403 Tissue Paper
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences Early Correspondence School Textbook3 A-2 Drafting and Plain Dressmaking Part 1 1920 Edition by Mary
1920s Brooks Picken Woman's Institute Sewing Book 3 A-2 Drafting and Dressmaking
One Hour Dress - 17 Vintage 1924 Dress Designs with Detailed
