Clothing and Health: An Elementary Textbook of Home Making

Have you ever thought that being properly and attractively dressed helps towards achieving success in life? Marjorie's Cousin Ann says she knows that the neat, tidy girls who co...

Our clothes are important for they help to keep us well. Shall we learn how to choose the materials for them, and how to make some useful articles of clothing? Sewing is an art...

Would you like to learn to make some useful garments? Perhaps, then, you can help with the family sewing and make some useful garments for your sister or mother. Some day you ma...

This year the girls of the Sewing League of Pleasant Valley will receive credit for the garments they make. Miss James will help the girls to start the garments at school and wi...

Have you ever noticed that some houses where you visit are always neat and look well cared for, and that the towels and table linen are carefully darned or patched? Have you see...

Perhaps you would like to surprise mother or father at Christmas time or to make a birthday gift for grandmother or auntie. All the Pleasant Valley School girls have made plans...

Lesson 1. What it Means to be Well Dressed 250 Lesson 2. The Choice of Colors for Clothing 256 Lesson 3. Selecting a Hat 262 Lesson 4. Making the Middy Blouse 268 Lesson 5. Sugg...

TO MAKE SIMPLE GARMENTS: Lesson 1. Cotton Materials Suitable for Underwear 58 Lesson 2. Selecting a Pattern and the Cloth for a Nightdress 63 Lesson 3. How Cotton Cloth is Woven...

OR FOR A BIRTHDAY PRESENT: Lesson 1. The Story of How Silk is Produced 109 Lesson 2. Simple Articles Easily Made from Silk Scraps 116 Lesson 3. The Names and Uses of Several Sil...

THEIR CLOTHES AND TO HELP REPAIR THE HOUSEHOLD LINENS: Lesson 1. Care of Clothes 156 Lesson 2. Learning to Darn Straight Tears 163 Lesson 3. Darning Stockings 167 Lesson 4. Patc...

Lesson 1. Toweling and Other Cotton Samples 6 Lesson 2. The Story of How Cotton Grows 11 Lesson 3. The Hemming Stitch 19 Lesson 4. The Stitching Stitch 23 Lesson 5. The Overhand...

OTHER GARMENTS: Lesson 1. The Pattern of the Bloomers 201 Lesson 2. The Story of Where Wool is Grown 203 Lesson 3. Some of the Most Common Materials Made from Wool 209 Lesson 4....