Instruction book ... to be used only as a guide and partial study in the expert course in dressmaking (1915)
Van Ame, Emma W. "Mrs. W. E. Van Ame." [from old catalog], Taylor school of dressmaking, Fort Wayne, Ind. [from old catalog] · Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. W. E. Van Ame · leaf 28
olding the end of the thread under thethumb. Now insert the needle at the end of thegoods in the edge nearest to you, the needle point-ing toward you. Draw the needle through and placeit through both ends of the goods, taking up two orstrong fine twist is used for it. Fig. 5 illustrates thethree… … OVERCASTING. Overcasting is done by takinga slanting stitch over the raw edge of goods to pre-vent ravelling. Use No. 70 thread and No. 8 needle.Trim the edges neatly before overcasting. Begin atthe left hand end of the seam. Hold the work overthe forefinger of the left hand. Take a slanting…
Dressmaking · Sewing
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