School Needlework: A Course of Study In Sewing Designed for Use In Schools

School Needlework: A Course of Study In Sewing Designed for Use In Schools by Olive C. Hapgood. The importance of instruction in sewing in the Public School is now generally recognized. As manual training comes into greater prominence, new methods and helps are necessary. The demand for these was felt by the author, and this book is the result of practical experience in the class-room. Its purpose is to assist both teacher and pupil; lightening the teacher's labors by saving constant repetition, and giving the pupil a manual for reference, with the hope that the information thus acquired will assist in fitting her for the duties of life. Simplicity with completeness has been the aim throughout. "Learn the sound qualities of all useful stuffs, and make everything of the best you can get, whatever its price. . . . and then, every day, make some little piece of useful clothing, sewn with your own fingers as strongly as it can be stitched; and embroider with fine needlework"