I have a vast collection of antique & vintage sewing books. One set of books is a correspondence sewing course from The Women's Institute of Domestic Arts & Science dated 1912 which includes the patterns. There are 13 books that belonged to my DH's (he is 66) grandmother. I even have the original mailing envelope for these. I also own a set of Singer Sewing books written by Mary Brooks Picken dated 1915 that I found at an antique shop. I used to own the Ready, Set, Sew book & loaned it to a friend back in the late 1970's when I taught her how to sew. She has since died & her children don't know what happened to the book. I would love to get another copy. I have many more in my 100+ sewing book collection. I read these like novels. When I'm in a hurry & want to check out a technique, I turn to the www.vintagesewing.info website. It has a wealth of information. Can you tell that I love to sew?
Marty