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Top-Five List
Please take a look at the Candidates for Inclusion and vote for your preference for the next publication to be added to the library. The current top-five list of works to be added:
- The Modern Tailor, Outfitter and Clothier, A. S. Bridgland, MJI (General Editor), The Claxton Publishing Company, Ltd. (Vol. 1, 288 pages; Vol. 2, 263 pages; Vol. 3, 308 pages) 1936
- Coat and Suit Making, Minne A. Anderson, M.A., Burgess Publishing Co. (37 pages) 1931
- Dainty Work for Pleasure and Profit, Minne A. Anderson, M.A., Burgess Publishing Co. (459 pages) 1902
- A Bag of Tricks for Home Sewing, "Cotton Bags give you Tested Sewing Fabrics," Sewing with Feed Sacks. The National Cotton Council of America, (32 pages) early 1940's
Currently coding...
1957
Pattern
Drafting & Grading, Women's and Misses'
Garment Design, inluding junior's, sub-teens, teens, and half
sizes
by M. Rohr (100 pages) 1957
Design and create patterns for your 1957 wardrobe. Exhaustive variations on bodices, skirts, sleeves, dresses, skirts, shorts, jackets, coats, capes, even shoulder pads, pajamas, nightgown and robe. Also pattern grading.
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