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100 1 _aFryer, Jane Eayre,
_d1876-
245 1 4 _aThe Mary Frances sewing book
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2019
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2019-02-28
508 _aE-text prepared by Emmy, Brian Wilsden, MWS, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)
520 _a"The Mary Frances Sewing Book: or Adventures Among the Thimble People" by Jane Eayre Fryer is a children's instructional book written in the early 20th century. Blending fiction with practical lessons, this book follows the character Mary Frances as she embarks on a whimsical journey, guided by the magical Thimble People who teach her the art of sewing. The narrative aims to engage young girls, encouraging creativity and imparting essential sewing skills through enchanting storytelling. The opening of the narrative introduces Mary Frances, who discovers a talking Sewing Bird while spending her summer vacation at her grandmother's home. This titular Sewing Bird encourages her to learn to sew and informs her of the Thimble People, who promise to teach her wonderful sewing techniques. As Mary Frances expresses her desire to learn sewing to create clothes for her doll, the whimsical nature of the story is woven together with practical lessons, setting the stage for her adventures with the Thimble People and the skills she will acquire along the journey. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
520 _aUsing a story format, presents basic instructions in sewing, introduces children's fashions from the early twentieth century, and provides instructions for thirty-three sewing projects for sixteen inch dolls.
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aMary Frances (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aSewing -- Juvenile literature
653 _aDollmaking -- Juvenile literature
653 _aDoll clothes -- Juvenile literature
653 _aNeedlework -- Juvenile literature
700 1 _aBoyer, Jane Allen,
_d1875-1940
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58937
999 _c99763
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