Fales, Jane. [from old catalog] · New York, Chicago [etc.] C. Scribner's sons · leaf 447
and skirts. There are several methods offinishing by hand or by machine—by the use of Frenchseams, by the use of bound seams, or by rolling and whip-ping the raw edges. A seam finished by any one of thesemethods launders well. (a) The French seam has already been described. Whenused its second line… … Finishings and Embroidery 429 (b) The bound seam is generally found more satisfac-tory than the French seam. The seams are basted to thewrong side with the edge of the entre-deux to the tracedline of the garment; the stitching should be done along thisline. The material of the waist is cut away to…
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