A text-book of needlework, knitting and cutting out : with methods of teaching (1893)
Rosevear, Elizabeth · London : Macmillan · leaf 321
se stuff for trimmings, it mustalways be remembered that the depth of the material isless from its slanting edge inwards, than it is along its sel-vedges j ih) the hem of a womans chemise should be f ofan inch deep, when finished, and J an inch more mustbe allowed for turning to the hem, and for… … Fig. 141. this evenly and carefully, and, as more than one piece willbe needed, fold the required depths, one above the other,
Needlework · Knitting · Cutting (Of clothes)
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