Thanks for those links, Sharon. I was happy that a lot of them were written for teachers, because that is what I am. Luckily for the last years a teacher for sewing, craft and wood work. Normally those classes have been cut out of the schedule in my part of Germany. Probably I'll have to change to other subjects again too soon.
Anyway, guess how I enlighted I was when I read "The importance of instruction in sewing in the Public School is now generally recognized." Wow, another reason for dreaming of a life in Australia. But uuuups, then I saw the publishing date - 1893.

How about recent Australia?
Hello from Hamburg
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This is a sensational link. I'm just off to make Gina's triangular gift bag from her tutorial. I'll post the result.
Cheers
Jo

There is also an interesting book in the 'Reference' section of this site that tells about Dry Goods and might be historically interesting if nothing else. :)

http://chestofbooks.com/reference/Dictionary-of-Dry-Goods/index.html

:) Linda