1920s Mary Brooks Picken Woman's Institute Sewing Book 402-2 Easy Garment Making

Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences
Early Correspondence School Textbook
402-2 Easy Garment Making

1927 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 1927. It is 32 pages long.   This is a rare one and it's new to my collection

The condition is very nice with all the pages tight in the binding. There are a few words underlined but not many and some stains on the pages as shown in the pictures.