1920s Mary Brooks Picken Woman's Institute Sewing Book 409-2 Cutting and Fitting
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences
Early Correspondence School Textbook
409-2 Cutting and Fitting
1929 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 1929. It is broken up into 3 sections, Cutting (28 pages) Foundations for Fitting (20 Pages) and Fitting (62 Pages). There is a total of 110 pages. Im guessing that this is a precursor to the black bound Woman's Institute Books which would combine 3 books into 1.
Early Correspondence School Textbook
409-2 Cutting and Fitting
1929 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 1929. It is broken up into 3 sections, Cutting (28 pages) Foundations for Fitting (20 Pages) and Fitting (62 Pages). There is a total of 110 pages. Im guessing that this is a precursor to the black bound Woman's Institute Books which would combine 3 books into 1.