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

Ginn & Company, Published 1892. Hardcover, 254 pp.; 19 cm; Teacher's edition; illustrated with line drawings throughout. In Very Good condition, no dust jacket. Olive cloth boards with bright gold lettering on front cover and lightly rubbed gold lettering on spine. Light shelfwear and minor bumping to corners. Binding is tight and square. Pages show mild age toning but are clean and unmarked. Illustrated throughout with detailed line drawings of stitches, techniques, sewing patterns, and freehand drawing templates for kindergarten sewing exercises. By Olive C. Hapgood, Teacher of Sewing in Boston Public Schools. This Teacher's Edition includes the complete pupil's text in four parts (General Directions, Plain Sewing, Ornamental Stitches, and Drafting, Cutting and Making Garments) plus a Teacher's Supplement with sections on teaching the lessons, courses of sewing for kindergarten, primary, and industrial schools, practical suggestions, facts for observation lessons, and a school-cabinet list. Title page bears a quote from John Ruskin. Printed by The Athenaeum Press. Contents: Part I, General Directions; Part II, Plain Sewing; Part III, Ornamental Stitches; Part IV, Drafting, Cutting and Making Garments; Teacher's Supplement: Teaching the Lessons; Course of Sewing; Practical Suggestions; Kindergarten Sewing; Primary Sewing; Course of Sewing for Industrial Schools; Facts for Observation Lessons; School-Cabinet; index.…