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1916—Tailored Skirts
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences, by Mary Brooks Picken

Table of Contents

To the Student

Styles and Materials

Development of Styles
Materials for Separate Skirts
Skirt Waist Lines

Tailored-Skirt Construction

Making a One-Piece Circular Skirt

Materials Required for a One-Piece Circular Skirt
Inside Stay Belts
Skirt Facings
Influence of Style on Finish of Hems
Skirt Braid and its Application
Stitching as Trimming at Skirt Bottom
Stiffening the Lower Edge of a Skirt
Hangers for Skirts

Six-Gored Skirts

Making a Six-Gored, Circular, Tailored Wash Skirt
Materials Required for Six-Gored, Circular, Tailored Wash Skirt
Making a Plain Six-Gored Skirt
Making a Six-Gored Inverted-Plait Skirt
Pinking
Making a Six-Gored Box-Plaited Skirt

Seven-Gored Skirt

Eight- and Nine-Gored Skirts

Examination Questions

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