Clothing for women : selection, design, construction : a practical manual for school and home (1916)
Baldt, Laura Irene · Philadelphia : Lippincott · leaf 267
233 CUTTING, BASTING, SEAMS, FINISHINGS and fold again the required depth ; use cardboard marker to measure the depth of the hem. Very narrow hems may be gauged by the eye. Finish : The sort of garment and material will determine the kind of finish for the top of the hem. It may be finished by… … Fig. 122. — Overhanded or French fell. Embroidery), the upper edge of the hem being shaped for this pur¬ pose (Fig. 125). Faced. Hem {or False Hem). — This device is used when gar¬ ments have been outgrown in length or when there is a short quan¬ tity of cloth in the first making, and sometimes by…
Clothing and dress · Dressmaking · Sewing
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