The new dressmaker; with complete and fully illustrated instructions on every point connected with sewing, dressmaking and tailoring, from the actual stitches to the cutting, making, altering, mending, and cleaning of clothes for ladies, misses, girls, children, infants, men and boys . down to within one-eighth of an inch of thestitching. Roll the seam edges down tothe stitching and whip them closely. Non-transparent materials may be joinedin a plain seam for a double ruche. For asingle ruche they should be joined with atiny French seam. (Chapter 17, page 86.)This can be trimmed away under a f
The new dressmaker; with complete and fully illustrated instructions on every point connected with sewing, dressmaking and tailoring, from the actual stitches to the cutting, making, altering, mending, and cleaning of clothes for ladies, misses, girls, children, infants, men and boys . down to within one-eighth of an inch of thestitching. Roll the seam edges down tothe stitching and whip them closely. Non-transparent materials may be joinedin a plain seam for a double ruche. For asingle ruche they should be joined with atiny French seam. (Chapter 17, page 86.)This can be trimmed away under a frayededge so that the frayed edge appears 3ontinuous. This work must be done very carefully. In cutting, plan the strips so that as few joinings as possible are required. (The direc-tions for cutting bias strips are given in Chapter 2, page 15.) FOR GATHERINGS, make a row ofsmall running stitches. The stitches maybe the same length as the spaces, or thesisacos may be twice the length of thestitches. Always begin by inserting theneedle from the T\Tong side to conceal theknot. It is better to slip the stitchesalong on the needle and not remove itfrom the material. When the gathering is completed, re-move the needle and draw the gatheringsup tight. Place a pin vertically, close to. III 322. Position of Needle inStroking Gathers the last stitch, and wind the thread severatimes around the pin in the form of an 8-(111. 321.) This holds the gathers firmly to-gether. IN STROKING OR LAYING GATHERSthe work is held between the thumb andfingers of the left hand, with the thumbbelow the gathering thread. Put the side ofthe needle well above the gathering thread
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