The techniques and styles suggested are as simple and straightforward as possible, so you can learn it easily as well as to become prepared, to attempt intelligently much more difficult tasks. The material of the book is arranged so as to avoid laying down hard-and-fast rules with regard to non-essential things. For the sake of clearness, Sewing, Cutting Out, Decoration, and Repairing have been dealt with in separate sections, although in practical work they cannot be separated. In each section, the possibility of gradation from the simplest elements to the most difficult is made clear.