Home dressmaking; a complete guide to household sewing (1892)

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by michaela de bruce, August 10, 2014

Home dressmaking; a complete guide to household sewing (1892)

Author: Myers, Annie E

Subject: Dressmaking

Publisher: Chicago, C.H. Sergel & company

Possible copyright status: The Library of Congress is unaware of any copyright restrictions for this item.

Language: English

Call number: 7748833

Digitizing sponsor: Sloan Foundation

Book contributor: The Library of Congress

Collection: library_of_congress; americana

Full catalog record: MARCXML

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Full of how to’s for construction, including how to use gathers and

When there is a great deal of material to gather into

a small compass, the gathering stitch has to be discarded,

the intervals between the stitches being too

wide to sew across. Then the material is evenly

pleated up and sewed as pleated to the belt, shown in

the uncompleted portion. The advantage of this gathering

over real pleats is that the gathered pleats are

upright, and the material below hangs freely, while

pleats are sewed flatly into the belt and confine the

material more.

pg. 38

Narry a comment about these being cartridge pleats at all. Because they aren’t, if anthing hanging pleats would be more accurate.

 

Cutting diagrams included.