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 792
ught to be turnedto the back. It is necessary to tack the gores together before sewingthem, taking care not to draw the gore too tightly. This ought tobe laid lightly on the straight side, and tacked without being draggedin the least. All material when on the cross is apt to stretch whenrunning the… … Fig. 29. to the desired length, likely in days when trains are worn verylong. Then three more widths of the material is cut off all of the samelength as the back, and these, folded and cut on the cross, will formsix gores, three on either side of the skirt. The length of the frontwidth must be…
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