. The Koester school book of drapes; a complete text book and course of instruction in merchandise draping. and in fact, even to more experienced trimmers, some of the pro-cesses of draping are not very clear. Many trimmers will never really master it until theyhave a chance to study it under the personal instruction of some good teacher. Otherswill be able to follow out nicely the drapes suggested in this book. 229 DUAlMNd ON FoHxMS Fig. 1 shows a 3(i-iiich full form dressed down to the waist lino. It was covered firstwith a pinned slip made of white sateen. The guimpe was made of black silk
. The Koester school book of drapes; a complete text book and course of instruction in merchandise draping. and in fact, even to more experienced trimmers, some of the pro-cesses of draping are not very clear. Many trimmers will never really master it until theyhave a chance to study it under the personal instruction of some good teacher. Otherswill be able to follow out nicely the drapes suggested in this book. 229 DUAlMNd ON FoHxMS Fig. 1 shows a 3(i-iiich full form dressed down to the waist lino. It was covered firstwith a pinned slip made of white sateen. The guimpe was made of black silk all-over,and it stood out beautifully against the white sateen. The readers attention is calledparticularly to the dark parts on the shoulders which have the appearance of a bolerojacket in the picture. This is the surplus of the all-over and the photograph shows howthis extra goods is pleated and made to serve as padding for the waist. In this case therewas at least V/2 yards carefully pleated in each shoulder. While this picture is lacking in detail, it slmws conc]ii=i\ rly ijiat llic goods need un\. he cut no matter how long the all-iver may he. Tin- collar i^ made from llio same pieceof lace, but care must be taken in the l)eginniiii; that liie palUrn of ihe all-over be gottendirectly in the center of the bust before the surplus goods is pleated at the slunilders. Theends of the lace are of course at the wrists. Fig. 2 shows just how to begin the skirt at tiie waist line. Tlie si ripe must lie keptperfectly straight up and down. This illustration shows the silva^r i-inncl in the centerof the figure at the waist line. The ])in is held by the sateen under-lining. The deco-rators left hand shows jnM where the second pin is placed. It will I>e noticed that in Draping on Fohms order to keep the stripes vertical, it is necessary to carry the goods slightly upward as3-ou work toward the back. This is done by working with the fingers a little of the goodsfrom underneath, thus ma
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