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The Mary Frances sewing book

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By Jane Eayre Fryer
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A young girl spending a summer with her grandmother meets a cheerful cast of personified sewing tools that teach her both through story and demonstration. The narrative episodes introduce step-by-step guidance in stitches, seams, buttonholes, darning, and other practical techniques, alongside patterns and projects for dolls and simple garments. Illustrated chapters mix playful adventures with clear instructions and troubleshooting tips, showing how to set gathers, make hems, and sew on buttons. The book culminates in an imaginative visit to Thimble Land and the girl's safe return, reinforcing patience, careful work, and confidence while providing usable reference material for beginners.

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Title: The Mary Frances sewing book

or, Adventures among the thimble people

Author: Jane Eayre Fryer

Illustrator: Jane Allen Boyer

Release date: February 28, 2019 [eBook #58937]

Language: English

Credits: E-text prepared by Emmy, Brian Wilsden, MWS, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)

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E-text prepared by Emmy, Brian Wilsden, MWS,
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
(http://www.pgdp.net)
from page images generously made available by
Internet Archive
(https://archive.org)

 

Note: Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/maryfrancessewin00frye