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A practical manual offering clear, step-by-step guidance for novices in cutting out and making clothing and household textiles. It supplies measured patterns reproduced both as cut-out shapes and finished forms, scalable by a marked square system, and covers infant garments, dress components, bonnet-making, knitting, straw plaiting, house linen, and basic upholstery. Emphasis is placed on economy, neatness, and methods that shorten labor, with instructions designed for self-teaching and school instruction. The author argues that domestic skill promotes thrift, order, and household comfort, and provides accessible techniques and moral encouragement for readers seeking greater domestic efficiency.

THE
WORKWOMAN’S
GUIDE,

CONTAINING

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE INEXPERIENCED IN CUTTING OUT AND COMPLETING
THOSE ARTICLES OF WEARING APPAREL, &c., WHICH ARE USUALLY
MADE AT HOME; ALSO, EXPLANATIONS ON UPHOLSTERY,
STRAW PLATTING, BONNET-MAKING, KNITTING, &c.

BY A LADY.

METHOD SHORTENS LABOUR.

LONDON:
SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO., STATIONERS’ HALL COURT:
THOMAS EVANS, COLMORE ROW, BIRMINGHAM.

1838.

BIRMINGHAM:
PRINTED BY THOMAS EVANS, COLMORE ROW.