1940 public domain sewing/home economics textbook. PREFACE This volume aims to give the student a training in the practice and technique of making stylish clothing. It also gives the related technical knowledge in all its phases, so that the student will not only learn practice by imitation, but will think and reason intelligently about the work and be resourceful in making original designs. In its general objectives and organization of subject matter, this book follows the plan for the second year textile course in the Course of Study and Syllabus in Textile Arts, adopted by the Board of Education in New York City. It covers the 3 topics of a complete technical and vocational intermediate t course in clothing in the same way that the companion volume Attractive Clothes covers the first or elementary year. Digitized by Google Books.