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 . r) re-quires a foundation when it is done on either thick or thin material. (lU. 248.) Thefoundation can be of the same material or of the foundations mentioned above. The seams or foundations are cut away close to the hemstitching after the hemstitch-ing is done. On edges other than seam edges when there is asi
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 . r) re-quires a foundation when it is done on either thick or thin material. (lU. 248.) Thefoundation can be of the same material or of the foundations mentioned above. The seams or foundations are cut away close to the hemstitching after the hemstitch-ing is done. On edges other than seam edges when there is asingle thickness of material leave about three-eighthsof an inch of material outside the Une of hemstitching. PICOT EDGING is simply machine hemstitch-ing cut through the center. (111. 249.) It makes avery dainty and yet strong finish for edges of col-lars, sleeves, tunics, rufBes, sashes, etc. HAND-HEMSTITCHING is a line of openwork madeby drawing out parallel threads and fastening thecross threads in successive small clusters. Drawas many tlu-eads of the material as desired at thetop of the hem, and baste it on this line. Hold thehem toward you and work on the side on which itis turned up. Illustration 250 shows the position of the hemwith the stitching done from left to 250. Plain Hemstitching 120 THE. NEW DRL5SMAKLR
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