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 . f scarlet three-eighths of an inch wide, separated one-fourth inch and sow-ed on flat with an overlockstitch of scarlet silk on the edges. In w^irking the specialty marks and eagles, an easier plan than the one of cutting thefigures out of ])asteboard and working o\er them, is to baste a piece of oan\as or crino
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 . f scarlet three-eighths of an inch wide, separated one-fourth inch and sow-ed on flat with an overlockstitch of scarlet silk on the edges. In w^irking the specialty marks and eagles, an easier plan than the one of cutting thefigures out of ])asteboard and working o\er them, is to baste a piece of oan\as or crinolineon the wrong side of the material, and work right through it, cutting the edges of the can-vas away after the figure has been completed. Light-weight twisted embri)idcr>- silk, mercerized cotton, or a linen thread may be usedto ad\antage. for in this work smoothness is the most desirable feature, and the threadsshould all be placed in such a way as to lie next to one another, but not overlap. On suits of galatea, chambray, linen or any of the other cotton materials used for chil-drens clothes, the work may be done with cotton, either plain or inercei-ized. Thisthread is more suitable than silk for suits which need frequent washing. The sleeve emblem 56 THE NEW DRESSMAKER. III. 93. Lmblems and Chevrons may be repeated ou the front of the blouse or shield, or a simpler design—a star oranchor, for instance—may be used if preferred. The navy regulations state what material shall be used for the rating badge. Its decoration usually consists of a spread eagle abo\-e a specialty mark, and a class chevron. For blue clothing, the eagle and specialty marks can be embroidered in white, and for white clothing they can be worked in blue silk. The position of the rating badge worn by petty officers is governed bynaval uniform regulations. The chevTous show the class ofthe officer, while the specialtymarks indicate his position in theservice. In using these emblems on ablouse, one
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