Margaret J. Blair's system of sewing and garment drafting (1904)
Blair, Margaret J. (Margaret Josephine), b. 1863 · St. Paul, Minn., Webb publishing co. · leaf 38
knotting, but is more durable. A tape line should besixty inches long and contain the eighths of inches. Inselecting a tape line choose a cloth, stitched on bothsides, finished with brass ends. It is perhaps needlessto add that the sewing basket of the true gentlewomanis always neat and in order.… … over, may prove almost incurable in after years. Greatcare should be taken in teaching a pupil the stitches.In sewing, as in embroidery, the beauty of the work 38 SEWING AND GARMENT DRAFTING. depends largely upon the evenness and smoothness ofthe stiches. Those that are irregular should be re-moved…
Sewing · Garment cutting · Dressmaking
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