A complete practical guide to household sewing, from measuring and cutting to trimming and finishing a finished garment. Written for the ordinary home, it captures the skills expected of the late-nineteenth-century needlewoman before ready-made clothing was widespread.
Sources for Annie E. Myers — Home Dressmaking
Annie E. Myers — Home Dressmaking in Handicraft
Held in the Handicraft chamber of the Babel Nexus Index.
- Thérèse de Dillmont — Encyclopedia of Needlework (1886)
- Edward Johnston — Writing & Illuminating, & Lettering (1906)
- Butterick Publishing Co. — The Art of Knitting (1892)
- Jane Gaugain — The Lady’s Assistant for Knitting, Netting, and Crochet Work (1842)
- Butterick Publishing Co. — The New Dressmaker (1921)
- Weldon & Co. — Weldon’s Practical Needlework (c. 1890)
- Miss Lambert — My Crochet Sampler (1844)
- Miss Lambert — My Knitting Book (Second Series) (1847)
- Belle Robinson — The Priscilla Crochet Book: Centerpieces and Doilies (1915)
- Federico Vinciolo — Les Singuliers et Nouveaux Pourtraicts (1587)
- Cesare Vecellio — Corona delle Nobili et Virtuose Donne (1591)