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 . sh and a bias cutlo meet the (111. 184.) Make asecond cut as shown in Illustration 184, al-lowing for width of space and second is quicker and more accurate tomake a gage of this sort in measuiiiig shortspaces, such as hems, tucks and the sjiacesIxtween them, than to use the tape luea-sure, as so
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 . sh and a bias cutlo meet the (111. 184.) Make asecond cut as shown in Illustration 184, al-lowing for width of space and second is quicker and more accurate tomake a gage of this sort in measuiiiig shortspaces, such as hems, tucks and the sjiacesIxtween them, than to use the tape luea-sure, as sometimes the eye becomes con-fused at the small marks on tlie tape, andmistakes are made that will prove quite ,u, , f serious. 184. lucks CURVE-D TUCKS—Curved tueks are sewed on a curved line which makes the under sidefuller than the upper side. i\Iarkthe edge of tuck with tailors tacks (page 85) or pins, foldmaterial on this mark andbaste quite close to the edge(111. 185.) Mark the depth ofthe tuek from this edge, using agage to keep the tuck an evenwidth and baste. In sewingthe tuck the extra fulness mustbe eased on .the under side ofthe tuck as you sew. Be care-ful to distribute this fulnessevenly so that it does not fallin bimches or draw the edgeof the tuck out of CROSS TUCKING is aneffective trimming for waists,blouses, dresses, etc. All
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