Project Gutenberg 2019-02-28 Public domain in the USA. 386 Fryer, Jane Eayre 1876 Boyer, Jane Allen 1875 1940 The Mary Frances sewing book : $b or, Adventures among the thimble people E-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) "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.) Using 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. Reading ease score: 85.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Mary Frances (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction Sewing -- Juvenile literature Dollmaking -- Juvenile literature Doll clothes -- Juvenile literature Needlework -- Juvenile literature TT Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: How To ... 526329 2025-09-23T11:15:29.915973 text/html 506601 2019-02-27T21:48:21 text/html 18541018 2025-09-23T11:16:47.318164 application/epub+zip 18536203 2025-09-23T11:16:03.123356 application/epub+zip 250934 2025-09-23T11:15:32.912980 application/epub+zip 13236634 2025-09-23T11:16:56.958080 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 13190978 2025-09-23T11:16:16.490312 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 386272 2022-09-26T18:48:39.640650 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 296293 2025-09-23T11:15:25.733015 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 296249 2020-06-15T08:40:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19628 2025-09-23T11:16:57.184058 application/rdf+xml 31836 2025-09-23T11:15:33.115993 image/jpeg 5134 2025-09-23T11:15:33.015967 image/jpeg 95276 2020-06-15T08:40:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 17394749 2019-02-27T22:02:23 application/octet-stream application/zip 17422607 2025-09-23T11:15:31.201969 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog