Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Guide to Needlework: Containing Explicit Instructions for Every Kind of Stitch, in Plain and Fancy Needlework
The importance Of instructions in the art of plain and fancy needlework cannot be over-estimated in this age. It is rare even now to find a good needlewoman among young ladies, and danger exists that the children Of the present day will grow up without having acquired the mechanical regularity and intelligent hand requisite for a really good worker.
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