Beeton's housewife's treasury of domestic information : comprising complete and practical instructions on the house and its furniture, artistic decoration economy, toilet, children, etiquette, domestic and fancy needlework, dressmaking and millinery, and all other household matters : with every requisite direction to secure the comfort, elegance, and prosperity of the home : a companion volume to "Mrs. Beeton's book of household management" : profusely illustrated (1879)
Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865 · London ; New York : Ward, Lock & Co., Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C. · leaf 777
MAKE OF THE SLEEVES. When sleeves are cut on the cross,as shown in Fig. 15, or on the straight with the gussets, as describedin last chapter, and seen at Fig. 5, it must be remembered that theyare always fastened first at the wrists before the seams are made. Aslit is cut, about three inches long… … are stitched together (in the same manner as in the shirt collar) thecuff must be fastened on to the gathers ; that is done by first neatlyhemming the outer half of the cuff on to the gathering, and thenhemming down the inner half over the gathers on the wrong side ofthe sleeve. A turned down cuff…
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