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 . 50 THE NEW DRESSMAKER the exact outline of the patch has been marked on both the garment and the patch. Theuneven edges are trimmed away lea\ing a narrow seam. (Ilhistrations 360 and 361.)Notch the corners of the hole diagonally to the line of tacks, and trim off the corners of thepatch. Turn the seam edges of b
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 . 50 THE NEW DRESSMAKER the exact outline of the patch has been marked on both the garment and the patch. Theuneven edges are trimmed away lea\ing a narrow seam. (Ilhistrations 360 and 361.)Notch the corners of the hole diagonally to the line of tacks, and trim off the corners of thepatch. Turn the seam edges of both hole and patch toward the wTong side on the line ofthe tacks and baste together. Then with small overhand stitches sew the patch insecurely, being careful during the whole proceeding to keep the warp and woof threadsof the material straight at the joining edges. Illustrations 360 and 361 show both sides ofthe patch after it has been well pressed. Clothing, household hnens, etc., should be darned or mended at the first sign of attention often saves actual holes by reenforeing worn places, and the amountof mending will be perceptibly reduced. Mending should be done before the articles arewashed, for in washing the worn place is likely to give and become a 111. 360. Selling in an Overhanded Patch
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Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, booksubjectsewing, bookyear1921
