1910s Drafting, Tailoring, and Hatmaking

    There are a lot of resources out there for period patterns from the era(s) in question, at least from the 1800s onward, so I thought I'd add yet another series of posts to my blog.  Publication of sewing manuals seems to drop off after the 1910s, picking up again in the 1940s, but I will try to do as many decades as I can!

General information
    Bryner, Edna. Dressmaking and Millinery. Cleveland, OH: Survey Committee of the Cleveland Foundation, 1916.
    Foster, Olivia Hyde. Sewing for Little Girls. New York, NY: Duffield & Company, 1911.
    Ginsburg, Marcus O. Chart of Bias Cutting. New York, NY: The Public Press, 1919.
    Goodwin, Emma E. Goodwin's Course in Sewing: Practical Instruction in Needlework for Use in Schools and at Home. New York, NY: Frank D. Beattys & Company, 1910.
    Van Rensselaer, Martha, et al. A Manual of Home-Making. New York, NY: The MacMillan Company, 1919.

Dressmaking
    Allington, Sara May. Practical Sewing and Dressmaking. Boston, MA: Dana Estes & Company, 1913.
    Carens, Edith Marie. Dressmaking Self Taught in Twenty Complete Lessons. Toledo, OH: The B. F. Wade & Sons Co., 1911.
    Engelmann, Gustav. The American Garment Cutter for Women's Garments. New York, NY: American Fashion Company, 1913.
    Schmit, Celestine Leontine. Garments for Girls. New York, NY: The Century Co., 1919.

Hatmaking and millinery
    Aiken, Charlotte Rankin. Department Store Merchandise Manuals: The Millinery Department. New York, NY: The Ronald Press Company, 1918.
    Bottomley, Julia, rev. Emma Maxwell Burke. A Complete Course in Millinery. New York, NY: The Illustrated Milliner Co., 1919.
    Ermatinger, Henry L. Scientific Hat Finishing and Renovating. New York, NY: Roberts, Cushman & Co., 1919.
    Holmes, Robert Wallace Marvin. The Hatter's Guide, or Scientific Instructor. San Angelo, TX: R. W. M. Holmes, 1919.
    Kintzel, Margaret, and Mary M. Lunt. Complete Guide to Millinery of Kintzel Millinery School. Philadelphia, PA: Dando Printing and Publishing Co., 1915.

Tailoring
    Snodgrass, Charles Albert. Short Methods: A Treatise on Cutting, Designing & Manufacturing Men's Clothing. Charlotte, NC: The Charles Publishing Co., 1911.
    Stone, Charles John. Stone's Scientific System of Grading Patterns for Men's Garments. Chicago, IL: The Chas. J. Stone Co., 1912.

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