This section is from the book "School Needlework. A Course of Study in Sewing designed for use in Schools", by Olive C. Hapgood. Also available from Amazon: School Needlework: A Course Of Study In Sewing Designed For Use In Schools.
Position of the pupils while sewing.
Turning, basting and hemming one-fourth of an inch hems.
Practice in cutting and putting together a paper or cloth sample of a two-breadth apron.
Instruction on the use of needles, thread, thimbles and cloth.
Bags, towels, sewing aprons, drawers and two-breadth aprons.
Fine button-hole stitch on a folded edge of cloth.
Putting on bands by stitching and hemming.
Running and a backstitch.
Turning, basting and hemming one-inch hems.
Instruction on the manufacture of needles, thimbles and emery.
Skirts, drawers, aprons, doll's clothes, sheets, pillow-cases and table-linen.
Darning a straightway tear or cut in cotton cloth.
Lace sewed on.
Practice in weaving.
Dresses, night-dresses, flannel skirts, etc.
Button-holes in woollen cloth.
Darning a bias and a corner-tear.
Darning on s ockinet.
Double gathering overhanded to a band.
Hooks and eyes.
Patching on cotton cloth.
Practice in drafting and cutting a gored skirt and child's tier.
Instruction on the growth and manufacture of thread, cotton and wool.
Darning tear in woollen cloth with silk, ravellings or hair.
Edgings sewed on and corners turned.
Gathers set into a band.
Patching on calico, gingham and woollen cloth.
Ruffles faced on.
Slip or blind-stitch.
Practice in drafting and cutting drawers and child's waist.
Instruction on the growth and manufacture of silk and linen.
Drafting, cutting and making of garments, also cutting from patterns.