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Our Mothers' Patterns
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A silk furoshiki cloth wrapped bundle containing spools of silk thread
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Spools of silk thread brought from Japan by Maki Kudo around 1900, wrapped in a silk furoshiki cloth
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Cover of 'How to Use the Singer Sewing Machine (Janome Type) model I5 K83'
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Inside cover and inserted page in 'How to Use the Singer Sewing Machine' booklet.
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Advertisement for Singer electric.
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'Attachment for hemming,' page 22, 'Attachment for quilting,' page 23.
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'Attachment for gathering,' pages 32, 35.
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Advertisement for Singer electric, page 6 and 7.
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Piece of silk salvaged from a kimono brought to Canada from Japan (nee Watanabe)
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Detail of a piece of silk.
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Pattern templates used by Kinori Oka
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Sample hakama
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Kohide Nakamura's yosai bako
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'Standard Size' drawing from Kimiko Saito's 'Scribbler' draft pattern book, 1940.
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First book of patterns made by Kimiko Saito
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'My Size' drawing from Kimiko Nasu's (nee Saito) first pattern book, 1940.
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'Twixteen,' 'Tiny Tots,' 'Baby's,' drawings from Kimiko Nasu's (nee Saito) first pattern book, 1940.
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Drawings from Kimiko Nasu's first pattern book
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