"Make It Yourself"

by Sarah A. Gordon

Home Sewing, Gender, and Culture, 1890–1930

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Susan Sews a Skirt

Lovely Silks

While Susan’s pattern calls for a fabric such as a woven cotton or linen, we stopped to admire bolts of silk charmeuse.

Photograph taken with permission by Sarah Gordon at Mood Designer Fabrics.