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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 55

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ce to be put on being five inches wide and one-halfinch longer than the opening. Finish at the bottom byhemming the left side under the right. 54 SEWING AND GARMENT DRAFTING. GUSSETS. A gusset is a small piece of cloth inserted in a gar-ment for the purpose of strengthening and enlarging anopening.… … opening. This gusset is used for finishing the under-arm seams of shirts. Another gusset is made by cut-ting a piece of cloth two and one-half inches square, andcreasing two adjoining sides one-eighth of an inch , theninserting the gusset in the opening, which has beenhemmed so that at the end…

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