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Making a dress at home.

Description: A step-by-step guide to making a dress at home, using a commercial home sewing pattern and woven fabric.
Date: May 1944
Creator: Smith, Margaret, 1902-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Dresses and aprons for work in the home.

Description: Describes a series of dresses and aprons designed by the U.S. Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics, most of which were made available as commercial sewing patterns from Advance Pattern Company. Discusses the importance of functional features when selecting patterns or ready-made dresses and aprons.
Date: 1952
Creator: Scott, Clarice L. (Clarice Louisba), b. 1899
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fitting dresses.

Description: A guide to fitting and altering ready-made dresses, or home-sewn dresses that that have been cut and basted. Does not include instructions for pattern alterations.
Date: 1944
Creator: Sommerfeld, Edna E. (Edna Ella), 1904-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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