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The Cult of the Needle by Flora Klickmann 1915
A flip-through of The Cult of the Needle, edited by Flora Klickmann in 1915. Klickmann, then editor of The Girl’s Own Paper, brought together embroidery stitches and musings on sewing for an audience she clearly expected to stretch beyond the basics.
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