Handbook of Sewing for Women, Extension Circular 90

Series

Circular

Collection name

NMSU Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Publications, 1889-Present

Date

1926-05

Decade

1920s

Author

Hauter, Edith Whitehurst

Subject (LCSH)

Sewing

Subject (NALT)

clothing construction

Table of contents

Introduction

Directions for sewing

Use of sewing machine

Aids in sewing

Checking up on the commercial pattern

Making and fitting the foundation pattern

Seams

Facings

Plackets

Collars

Buttonholes

Pockets

Fastenings

Tailoring

Tailored seams

Tailored coat

Lining coat

Short cuts in sewing

Iron and pins save basting

Machine attachments as shortcuts

Best way to cut bias binding

Hanging a skirt without help

Binding on a collar

Cable stitching

Machine overcasting

Bound buttonholes (with binder)

Braiding

Fitted facing for a yoke

The one-hour dress

Belts

Extent

32 pages

Notes

Circular containing general information on sewing, including guidelines for constructing different components of clothing, and time-saving sewing tips

Original publisher

United States Department of Agriculture

New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts

Cooperative Extension Service

Place of publication

State College (N.M.)

Frequency

frequency varies

Digital publisher

New Mexico State University Library

Source

NMSU College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences (ACES)

Language

English

Type

Text

Format

application/pdf

Medium (AAT)

newsletters

Genre (AAT)

periodicals

Access rights

Open to re-use

Metadata cataloger

Bramlett, Suzanne

Schneider, Ingrid

Roth, Michael

Digital identifier

UAAPc000090.pdf