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 . eeded. When you pad below the waist-line, pin the wadding to the form so that it will not you ha\e padded the front out to its right propor-tions, turn up the lining and co\er the padding at thehips with a thin piece of lining material, tacking thecovering to the dress-form. Place a piece of lining mat
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 . eeded. When you pad below the waist-line, pin the wadding to the form so that it will not you ha\e padded the front out to its right propor-tions, turn up the lining and co\er the padding at thehips with a thin piece of lining material, tacking thecovering to the dress-form. Place a piece of lining material inside each armhole,turn in the armhole edges three-eighths of an inch andfell them to it. (III. 2.) FOR a ligure that varies quite decidedly from the averageit is better to use a special dress-form. Alteryovj pat-tern and make up the hning as descrilied in the earlierpart of this chapter. Send your finished lining to a firmthat makes dress-forms and ha\e a special form madefrom it, but a size smaller than your lining. When youget the form, put the lining on it and pad it as alreadydescribed. Or a woman of this type of figure can get an adjust-able dress-form. Get it a size smaller, adjust it to rep-resent your figure, cover it with your lining and pad it asdirected 111. 3. The 51eeve-Form A WOMAN who sews for a number of people wiU have to use an adjustable form witha fitted lining for each person she sews for. Mark these linings distinctly with thename of the person for whom it was made. The form will ha\e to be adjusted andpadded each time a lining is used. In using a dress-form, the skirt can be put on the form and the form placed on the is easier to work with in this position. In fitting a coat the form should be dressed with the waist and skirt over which the coatwill be worn. THL 5LLLVE-FORM. Take the finished sleeve of the lining and pad it firmly ande\enly. Place a piece of lining material over the padding at the wrist, turn in the WTistedges thre
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