How To Make Children's Clothes The Modern Singer Way. Singer Sewing Library - No. 3

MARY BROOKS PICKEN

Publication: Singer Sewing Machine Co, Inc, 1931, New York

8 1/4" x 5 1/2" in color pictorial wrappers showing a mother measuring a child's dress and with a Singer Sewing Machine set up in the background. 64 pp., Illustrations. Index. Information about, "making sewing of children's clothing easy, making the work interesting, and encouraging those who sew for children appreciate the importance of correct the becoming attire, thus helping in a silent way to build a foundation of good taste and a sense of fitness for the child that will later prove an asset, economically and socially." Information on fabrics and trimmings, sewing for infants, Bishop dresses, yoked dresses, layette accessories, baby coats, rompers, sun suits, bloomers, school clothes, night clothes, aprons, mending children's clothes, trousers, tailoring, blouses, skirts, plaited skirts, dresses, etc. Offers time-saving tips. Inside rear wrapper is a chart of relative sizes of needles and thread for various fabrics. Light soiling and foxing to wrappers and with light wear to the extremities.

Inventory Number: 41636