1926—The New-Way Course in Fashionable Clothes-Making

Table of Contents (Long Version)

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plaiting = pleating

plaitings = pleats

selvedge = selvage

organdie = organdy

armcye = armscye

fullness and fulness used interchangeably

panelled and paneled used interchangeably

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The woman with broad shoulders should also wear clothes with plenty of fulness, for it is a mistaken idea that snug-fitting clothes hide stoutness.

If one is quiet, sombre and inclined to be just the least bit melancholy one should not wear gay little frocks that are elaborately trimmed with ruffles and tucks.

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A dress may be beautiful when you fiinish it, but without the right seams in the right places, its beauty will be shortlived.

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And see if you can determine which materials make prettier ruffles when they are made by hand, and which materials make prettier ruffls when they are made by machine.

9.What is the difference in applying a ruffle with a filled seam and a welt seam?

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Didn't is command the monstrous ruff of the Elizabethan period and the dignified wigs of the gentlemen of the Colonial days?

Women began to cover their bodies with beads and fur and tatoos.

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2.You will find the gauge marked to cut different widths of binding. There are three letters on the gauge, F. B and C.

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It is usually from three-and-half to four inches long and one inch from the center of the sleeve toward the back or underarm.

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The buttonhole most frequently used is the Plain Butonhole.

5.Leave the thread long enough at the end of the machine stitching to fasten securely; this is accomplished by tying the ends tightly together.

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3.In choosing a contrasting color braid to apply as a trimming, remember our little chat on color harmony, and do not select a color that jars badly with the color scheme of the dress or blouse you are

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6.Repeat until the first and second tucks arejoined.

Over Hand Eyelets

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Fagoting

Maline—A soft gauzy silk net with small mesh.

Many of the cotton materials are named and described in the les- you have a wide and interesting variety to select from.

Try this test with pure linen and with a linen-and cotton mixture.

Clear water quickly removes stains made by sweets and sirups

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the bark was soaked in water

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Do not allow too much fulness at the center at the back, but scatter it well across the whole space betwen the seams.