Sewing instruction book sample, Medium: linen Technique: plain weave and printed plain weave, glazed, a) Fragments of white linen, folded and overcast at edges; five rows of backstitching. b) Fragment of linen printed in pink with hemming on four sides. c) Four squares, each hemmed on four sides, overcast together to form one larger square (of white and printed fabric). d) Rectangle of glazed linen with four hemmed sides, one flat seam and two tucks. e) Strips of white and printed pink fabric joined to form chevron pattern by flat seaming, overcasting and hemming., USA, 1829, sample books, Sewing instruction book sample