The Mary Frances Sewing Book: Adventures among the Thimble People

xiii, 280 pp. Includes 33 patterns, including fold-outs. Illustrated by Jane Allen Boyer. "The Mary Frances Sewing Book or Adventures Among the Thimble People teaches girls how to sew, while also telling the story of Mary Frances's new friends, the Thimble People. Mary Frances says if any little girl who really wishes to learn to sew will follow the lessons exactly as given, she can hardly fail. The Thimble People helped her spend a delightful summer vacation at her grandmother's. She met Sewing bird, who was a real Fairy Lady, and the other Thimble People. They taught her a lot of fascinating secrets, finally took her on a long journey to Thimble Land, and brought her back safely, after the most marvelous adventures."