1920s Brooks Picken Womans Institute Sewing Book 26-3 Patterns Blouses & Dresses Style_Jacket McCall Pattern 4500

McCall Pattern 4500

Set of Three Dresses

The magazine has ads for patterns

All of the pattern pieces are still in their factory folded package

Size 32" Bust

1920s Brooks Picken Womans Institute Sewing Book 26-3 Patterns Blouses & Dresses Style_Jacket McCall Pattern 4500Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences Early Correspondence School Textbook 26 3 Patterns for Blouses and Dresses 1921 Edition. This book is one of a large series of correspondence school textbooks starting in 1916 and going into the late 1920s. These fantastic sewing books were published by the Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences founded by Mary Brooks Picken. Mary Brooks Picken was the most prolific sewing teacher and writer of all