Original 1925 Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences Sewing Course Book No. 411: Ribbon and Fabric Trimmings.
This original Woman's Institute instructional book by Mary Brooks Picken teaches decorative ribbon work, fabric embellishments, and ornamental trimming techniques that were fashionable during the mid-1920s. Filled with detailed photographs and step-by-step instructions, it demonstrates how students learned to create professional-quality trims, bows, ribbon flowers, rosettes, girdles, buckles, and decorative fabric ornaments for dresses, hats, and accessories.
Illustrated throughout with clear photographs and instructional diagrams, this correspondence course book taught students how to create fashionable decorative trims and embellishments for clothing and accessories. Techniques range from simple ribbon bows to elaborate ribbon roses, rosettes, floral ornaments, fabric buckles, girdles, and professionally applied decorative finishes.
As part of the Woman's Institute home study sewing program, this volume offered practical instruction that allowed students to add distinctive, fashionable details to garments using widely available materials. Today it serves as both an excellent vintage sewing reference and a fascinating record of 1920s dressmaking techniques and decorative fashion.
A wonderful addition for collectors of Woman's Institute publications, Mary Brooks Picken works, vintage sewing books, millinery references, costume design, fashion history, textile arts, and decorative sewing.