Sewing for the Home

Sewing for the Home by Mary Brooks Picken. Published by Books Inc, NY, April 1958. 2nd Edition 2nd Printing. Hardbound w/Paper DJ. Size 4to. Condition: Nr Fine in Chipped DJ. How to make fabric furnishings in a professional way. With illustrations by C Florence Valentine and Marie Sturve. This is a how book. You learn from it nearly 500 tricks of the Fabric Furnishings Trade. Directions are given for making glass curtains, cottage curtains, draperies, slip covers, bedspreads, dressing-table skirts, throws, pillows, cushions, pin cushions, rugs - even needlepoint, crocheting and knitting - to say nothing of small loom weaving and screen making. All are given in an explicit step-by-step method, and each difficult point is explained with drawings. 210 Pgs. Description text copyright 2006 www.BooksForComfort.com. Item ID 10710.