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A handmade sewing notebook sits open, showing a miniature example of a handstitched cotton gingham apron on the left-hand page. The accompanying description of the item, and how to make it, is visible on the right-hand page.

A Stitch in Time

Posted by: Meg Nicholas

Though primarily an audio-visual archive, the American Folklife Center is also home to several examples of traditional and folk crafts, such as a handmade notebook of sewing examples, made by Elsie Reinhart sometime between 1890-1920 and donated to the Library in 1977.