Shelter and clothing; a textbook of the household arts (1916)
Kinne, Helen, 1861-1917, Cooley, Anna M. (Anna Maria), b. 1874, joint author · New York, Macmillan · leaf 224
laits or inserts, one between waist and bust and the otherbetween bust and shoulder. To shorten or lengthen a simpleskirt pattern, cut and insert a piece, or lay a plait from 6 to8 inches below the hip line in each gore — that will be about12|- inches from waist (see Fig. 98). This shows alsohow… … Fig. 98.—Alteration of patterns.221 ^^ ^ . :^^m. —._ . 1 Fig. 99. —Alteration of patterns.222 PATTERNS 223 In order to test the commercial pattern after such sug-gested changes have been made, cut a simple waist or skirtpattern from inexpensive muslin or calico and change it byfitting and adjusting…
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