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 . singis often used in a plaited dress. Theclosing, cut under a plait and finishedwith laps for buttons and button-holes, is shown in llkistration slash for the opening is madeunder the plait a seams width fromthe sowing. The laps are madedouble, and when attached shouldbo a little narrower than the plaitwh
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 . singis often used in a plaited dress. Theclosing, cut under a plait and finishedwith laps for buttons and button-holes, is shown in llkistration slash for the opening is madeunder the plait a seams width fromthe sowing. The laps are madedouble, and when attached shouldbo a little narrower than the plaitwhich covers them. By referring totlu^ illustration, the method of join-ing the laps to the edges of theopening will lie readily understood. DRESSES MADE WITH yoke can be joined to a dress asshown in Illustration 88. Cut the yoke and turn theedge under a seams width, clip-ping the edge where necessary tomake it lie flat. Baste the yoke overthe top of the front of the dress. Tothe wrong side, baste a bias strip ofmaterial witli its edges turned under,l-laco two rows of stitt^hing acrossthe yoke, stit,ching from the will catch through the bias fac-ing that is basted underneath, andwhich covers the seam, making a n(>atfinish on tlie inside. This fimsli is do-. llt 87. The Closing Under a Plait sirable for a dress made of any materialwhich is not transparent, as it makes itunnecessary to line the yoke. If a liningis used, however, it is cut like the yokepattern, and the top of the dress por-tion is enclosed between the turned-un-der edges of the yoke and its lining. SMOCKING is a trimming muchused on the better class of childrensclothes here and abroad. It is used fordresses, rompers, coals and little boyssuits. It is very pretty in colors on(!r(>sses of fine white batiste, nainsook,plain lawn, handkercOiief linen, cotton\i)ile, very fine cotton crepe and silkmull. It is also used on the heaviercotton materials in whiter or plain colors,on chambray, serge,
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