This vintage book contains a complete guide to needlework and crafting, with information on plain sewing, embroidery, dressmaking, and a variety of other home crafts. Profusely illustrated and full of simple instructions and handy tips, this volume is highly recommended for the novice crafter, and would make for a fantastic addition to any home collection. Contents include: Contents Include: Plain Sewing, Fastenings, Plain-Sewing Trimmings, Your Sewing Machine, Hand Embroidery, How to Work your Gift Transfers, Home Dressmaking, Mending, Crochet, Raffia Work, Stencilling, Barbola, Simple Ways of Weaving, Gesso-Work, Various Ways of Making and Decorating Lamp-Shades, Poker Work, Artistic Leather Work, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing Needlework and Crafts now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on sewing and needlework.