A complete illustrated guide to home dressmaking from the Butterick house, covering fabric, cutting, fitting, and finishing alongside the use of the paper pattern. It documents the moment when fashionable clothing became something an ordinary household could reliably make for itself.
Sources for Butterick Publishing Co. — The New Dressmaker
Butterick Publishing Co. — The New Dressmaker 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)
- 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)
- Annie E. Myers — Home Dressmaking (1892)
- Federico Vinciolo — Les Singuliers et Nouveaux Pourtraicts (1587)
- Cesare Vecellio — Corona delle Nobili et Virtuose Donne (1591)