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 . The stitch inthis method will be seen to form a kind oflacing, and is called the ball-stitch. It must bedone evenly and closely, but not tightly enoughto raise the edges. (111. 351.) AN UNDERLAID PIECE DARNED INis a better method of closing a hole whenthe stocking or garment is very loosely woven 148 THLNLW DRES
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 . The stitch inthis method will be seen to form a kind oflacing, and is called the ball-stitch. It must bedone evenly and closely, but not tightly enoughto raise the edges. (111. 351.) AN UNDERLAID PIECE DARNED INis a better method of closing a hole whenthe stocking or garment is very loosely woven 148 THLNLW DRESSMAKER or knitted, in which case the use of a darning-egg would give it a baggy appearance. Donot trim off the ragged edges. Cut the underlying piece a trifle larger than the hole, l)utconforming to it in shape and matching it in color and texture. Baste the piece on thepaper first, and then lay the hole over it. Or the torn piece may be stretched over an em-broidery hoop and the patch basted to it. Run the darning-needle back and forth ( 352), over and under the lapped edges, closely weaving them together, keeping downall the loose ends. Illustration 352 shows the right side of the finished darn, a blackthread ha\ing been used in the illustration to show the
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