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 . )e necessary to increase the size of the newwaistline to keep it to the original size of the pattern. If only a small increase is needed, the sldrt can be lifted a little at the back, which willincrease the waist size. For a decidedly prominent abdomen slash the top of the muslinat three places to the hipline (1
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 . )e necessary to increase the size of the newwaistline to keep it to the original size of the pattern. If only a small increase is needed, the sldrt can be lifted a little at the back, which willincrease the waist size. For a decidedly prominent abdomen slash the top of the muslinat three places to the hipline (111. .J7), lay the pattern on the muslin and mark the new out-line on the top, separating the slashes sufficiently to make the new waistline the right size.(111. 57.) This will take a little width out of the lower edge of the skirt, for youwill find it necessary to lay plaits in the pattern in order to make it lie flat on thematerial. lU. 56. Altering a Circular Skirt Pattern toFit a Prominent Abdomen 30 Til 1 N 1 W ^SMAKILR. 111, 57. Iiitt< \v.\ist .Si/ nuisliii in tlionow ll and try it on tobe sum llial it (Iroi)s in astraisfhl lino and doesntpoko out oi- swiufj at I hofront. ir llu> n\uslin skirt fallsin siood lines cut a papirpattern with the eorreetedlines at the top and theri^rlit size at the waistline,usinK the orijiinal patternto eut from. Dont eutfrom the nnislin. Or youcan cMl directly from theori);inal |)attern making
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