1920s Brooks Picken Woman's Institute Sewing Book 401 Essential Seams & Stitches

Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences
Early Correspondence School Textbook
401 Essential Seams and Stitches
1922 Edition

This book is one of a large series of correspondence school textbooks starting in 1916 and going into the early 1930s. 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 1922.  The condition is very nice with all the pages tight in the binding. There are some stains on the pages as shown in the pictures.