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 791
Fig. 27.—SHOWING MODE OF CUTTING GORES. Fig. 28.—The gores in this illustration are joined in the following manner : The front width … (either straight or sloped at the sides) is joined to the others, com- Home Needlework. 739 mencing the seams at the top, so that the straight side, a, of one goreis sewn to the side, b, of the other, and side, b, ought to be turnedto the back. It is necessary to tack the gores together before…
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