The dress you wear and how to make it . ough one hole of button, lay across buttona pin, if the button is small; if a large button,use a match or something as large, allow-ing thread to pass over the pin or button is sewed on remove pin or matchand pull button away from garment as faras possible and wind thread around underbutton to form a shank, which allows thebuttonhole to close nicely under the button,otherwise the buttonhole spreads and getsout of shape. Covering Molds Cut the cover round and a little larger thanthe button, but not large enough to quitecome together on the und
The dress you wear and how to make it . ough one hole of button, lay across buttona pin, if the button is small; if a large button,use a match or something as large, allow-ing thread to pass over the pin or button is sewed on remove pin or matchand pull button away from garment as faras possible and wind thread around underbutton to form a shank, which allows thebuttonhole to close nicely under the button,otherwise the buttonhole spreads and getsout of shape. Covering Molds Cut the cover round and a little larger thanthe button, but not large enough to quitecome together on the underside or it will bebunchy underneath. Gather cover all around at the edge, placebutton in center, draw up gathering stringand overhand together or nearly so. The stitches and open space may be cov- 6o The Dress You Wear ered by a small piece of silk hemmed under-neath. Smocking The honeycomb design is the one generallyused. The success of smocking depends on themarking, being precisely the same distance IMfMnniJiriTir I pfi], ill?ii. SMOCKING apart both lengthwise and crosswise, andas in all other stitches, the more even andperfect the stitches the more artistic is ourfinished work. Nearly all fashion magazines sell patterns The Dress You Wear 61 with the spaces accurately marked for smock-ing. A regular desk ruler one foot in lengthis the most convenient for marking. Dotsmay be made one-fourth, one-half, or three-fourths of an inch apart. It depends on howfine the smocking to be used is to be. It is always wise to make a small piece outof some of the pieces left in cutting the gar-ment as you can easily change the size ofsmocking if you wish, while if you mark thegarment and change the size afterwards youmay ruin the material. Allow about four times the width of mate-rial as smocking desired when complete. 62 The Dress You Wear First baste marked piece to be smocked,taking a tiny stitch of not more than fourthreads in each dot. Have a knot in threadand break the thread at the
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