Dressmaking pattern
Needlework Development Scheme
Category
Costume
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper, Card, string and metal
Measurements
Each card - 215 mm (width); 280 mm (height), Folder - 225 mm (width); 295 mm (height)
Place of origin
Wellington Street, 89
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 670640
Summary
A stiff, blue paper folder containing twenty eight leaflets entitled 'And So To Sew'. The folder has a top flap which fastens with a string winding around two small card and metal circles. On the front is a black and white photo of a girl wearing a plaid hat and scarf and holding a plaid dorothy bag. Printed on this folder is, 'And so to Sew, N.D.S. Sewing Bulletins Issued Ny Needlework Development Scheme, 89 Wellington Street, Glasgow C2'. Inside are nine single fold black and white sheets, eighteen folded sheets with a coloured cover and one three fold sheet with a blue cover. All give details and instructions for sewing projects. Total number of items is 29.
Makers and roles
Needlework Development Scheme , printer