The new dressmaker; with complete and fully illustrated instructions on every point connected with sewing, dressmaking and tailoring, from the actual stitches to the cutting, making, altering, mending, and cleaning of clothes for ladies, misses, girls, children, infants, men and boys (1921)
Butterick Publishing Company · New York [etc.] The Butterick Publishing Co · leaf 141
s for cutting bias strips are given in Chapter 2, page 15.) FOR GATHERINGS, make a row ofsmall running stitches. The stitches maybe the same length as the spaces, or thesisacos may be twice the length of thestitches. Always begin by inserting theneedle from the T\Tong side to conceal theknot. It is… … III 322. Position of Needle inStroking Gathers the last stitch, and wind the thread severatimes around the pin in the form of an 8-(111. 321.) This holds the gathers firmly to-gether. IN STROKING OR LAYING GATHERSthe work is held between the thumb andfingers of the left hand, with the thumbbelow…
Dressmaking · Sewing
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