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 . i>A. ei^iiiL-i or Front5eam of Circular 5kirt. ., I I. .?Ml,-I I r>.|,i . .1 I . :, L ^eam in ikirl ol Plaid . .^ 1 laid dl 5ide 5eamsof Skirl of plaid material decide on th( line or stripe that will look best ai the center front. After the front is cut, it on your cutting table and place the u


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 . i>A. ei^iiiL-i or Front5eam of Circular 5kirt. ., I I. .?Ml,-I I r>.|,i . .1 I . :, L ^eam in ikirl ol Plaid . .^ 1 laid dl 5ide 5eamsof Skirl of plaid material decide on th( line or stripe that will look best ai the center front. After the front is cut, it on your cutting table and place the uncut material beside it with the lengthwise and crosswise stripes matching. (111. 62.) Place the pattern of the side gore on the material, matching the front, and cut it. Matching a plaid or stripe in this wa\ frequently means wasting some of yoUr material. That is unavoidable, how-ever, for the plaid or figure must match even if the pattern has to be moved the width of a plaid or figure before the cor-rect position is found. Cut each gore of the skirt in the same way so that the stripes and plaids will match in every gore. illustration 62 shows a sldrt cut of plaid material. In this ease the uncut material had to be lifted up in order to match the crosswise plaid, making it necessary to waste some of the material at the top. (III.


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