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 . crease the material on a line withthe top turning of the hem (111. 312).Cut to within a small seam abovethis crease. Fold in the raw edge,insert the edge of the lace inser-tion (111. 313), and stitch. Turn asecond hem, following these direc-tions, baste the other edge of theinsertion just below the lowercrease,
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 . crease the material on a line withthe top turning of the hem (111. 312).Cut to within a small seam abovethis crease. Fold in the raw edge,insert the edge of the lace inser-tion (111. 313), and stitch. Turn asecond hem, following these direc-tions, baste the other edge of theinsertion just below the lowercrease, and stitch as before. Asmany rows of insertion may beused in this manner as are desired. INSERTION ABOVE A FAC-ING is first basted in ,and the upper edge is finished asshown in Illustration 314. Thefacing is generallj used whenthe outline of the lower edge iscurved or pointed so that it cannot be turned up in a straight hem. Draw the pull-thi-ead in thelace where a curve requires aslight gathering to make it lieflat. The facing is cut to fit theoutline of the lower edge andapplied as a false hem, as shown. .314. Lace Insert above Facing Lace Inseit in Illustration 314. When edging is used, it is basted to the bottom before the facing isadded and all stitched in a seam together. Turn under the facing at the line of sewing,baste in position and stitchinsertion from the right side. TO INSERT LACE IN-SERTION in a garment,pin the lace in the positiondesired, and baste downboth edges of the insertion. If the insertion is narrow,the material is cut througnthe center (111. 315); but ifthe insertion is wide, thematerial is cut away fromunderneath, simply allow-ing a seam on each side. iil3I6. Lapping andThe edge is turned in a nar- Matching Lace
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