Women’s Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
by Carol Wood, First published for the January/February 2010 issue of Finery Sewing has waxed and waned in the hearts and homes of American women over the past century. The home sewing machine was available from the 1850’s and considered an integral piece of furniture to a well-appointed home. Despite these machines making home garment production even easier, the interest in learning to sew and home garment production dwindled. As […]
