{"product_id":"a-stitching-class-book-twelve-samples-of-joining-and-repairing","title":"A Stitching Class Book: Twelve Samples of Joining and Repairing","description":"\u003cp\u003eearly twentieth century\u003cbr\u003ewhen closed: 5 1\/4\" x 8\", 13 cm x 20.25 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis small treasure is an album of samples of stitching, joining and invisible mending, undoubtedly the work of a young woman or girl--in this case we know her name, Aiko Suzuki--who was tasked to create this book to collect the work that was completed in a stitching class.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the book there are a dozen samples, each of which shows very subtle mending  techniques in practice as well as techniques in expertly joining fabric. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor example, on one of the photos we can barely see a seam running in the middle of the fragment. On another we see a circular mend. Then there is an \"L\"-shaped mend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn many of the samples you need to look at the back to see what the student did to the cloth: the work is so fine, so perfect, that the cloth seems untouched or unaltered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a real treasure, a real-life record of what was considered \"women's work\"--and in light of the interest today in invisible and visible mending, this certainly is good for an interested person's archive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecommended.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46159194554554,"sku":null,"price":295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0070\/9422\/files\/Stitching523b.jpg?v=1784223035","url":"https:\/\/www.srithreads.com\/products\/a-stitching-class-book-twelve-samples-of-joining-and-repairing","provider":"Sri","version":"1.0","type":"link"}