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Decorative Stitched And Handmade Flowers, Azalea Linfield Apr 1923

Decorative Stitched And Handmade Flowers, Azalea Linfield

SDSU Extension Circulars

The decorations of a garment need not be elaborate or expensive. The elaborately decorated dress is often in poor taste. Simple embroidery or self-trimming add to the appearance of garments. A simple little hand touch will usually add distinction and charm. The most expensive gowns from the most exclusive shops are extremes in simplicity. The more decoration used on ready to wear garments usually the cheaper the garment. Decoration is too often used to hide inferior workmanship and poor quality. The decoration may make or mar the dress. The trimming used must look as though it belonged to the garment.


Combination Suit And Step-In, A. Linfield Jan 1922

Combination Suit And Step-In, A. Linfield

SDSU Extension Circulars

Material: Muslin, longcloth, nainsook. Select narrow edge of lace or embroidery that matches the material in weight. Do not use lace that will wear out before the material. (See more in text.)


Textile Study: Wool, A. Linfield Jan 1922

Textile Study: Wool, A. Linfield

SDSU Extension Circulars

Materials made from woolen and worsted yarns are among our most useful and valued textiles. The raw material is procured form the fleeces of the various breeds of sheeps, goats, and other animals living in all parts of the world. The clothes made from this wool or hair vary greatly, as the fiber ranges from the short staple, soft, crumpy, dull merino wool to the long, silky, lustrous wool of the Leicester sheep of England, the glossy hair of the Angora goat of Constantinople, or the long, coarse hair of the Chinese sheep. The length of the staple varies from …


Care And Repair Of Clothing, No Author Listed Jan 1922

Care And Repair Of Clothing, No Author Listed

SDSU Extension Circulars

This circular, created by the Agricultural Extension Service at South Dakota State College, provides information in regards to the care and repair of clothing in the Home Economics Department during 1922.


The School Lunch Box, M. Dolve Jan 1922

The School Lunch Box, M. Dolve

SDSU Extension Circulars

The cold lunch at its best is not the most desirable food for taking care of the food requirements of the child, and when it is to be repeated every day of the school year is very apt to become tiresome and monotonous. The feeling that anything will do for the lunch box is altogether too prevalent. The lack of time is the most common excuse for the poorly prepared lunch box. It does not take any more time to put up wholesome lunches in an attractive way, but it does take thought and an appreciation of what the boy …


Meat And Meat Cookery, M. Dolve Jan 1922

Meat And Meat Cookery, M. Dolve

SDSU Extension Circulars

This circular, created by the Agricultural Extension Service at South Dakota State College, provides information in regards to extension specialty in foods and nutrition in the Home Economics Department during the year 1922.