Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1912-09-15 | Page 18 | Easy Lessons in Dressmaking

I E EASY L LESSONS ESS ONS IN I N DRESSM DRESSMAKING AKI NG I and boned F FITTED waists are not so popular as the they ri 1 r I were some acme years I ago but ti a few women who are r yam io very stout still favor them Q To o make and fit a of ot this order Is considerably considerablY consider consider- i ably more more difficult cult ap arid requires mor more tithe time than than tho the making of a blouse However there Is no reason wh why the the- work cannot be satisfactorily done at home If It f one Is 13 willing to give She attention to the details For such a waist wait a lining Is le necessary sarv Eary and It should hould bo be of ot some lightweight lightweight lightweight light light- weight firm mate material a such a as or silk sUk which will cling to the figure figuro an and set nicely nICel not stretching however If It the bodice Is Is R to be e draped the lining Is made separate and all Il the 6 seams ams are areIS I II II i Ii I I C 1 II I III r I IS OUTSIDE Oar MATERIAL BASTED TO FITTED bound pre pressed sed open and boned before the out outside goods Is caught to It lt If It the tho waist Is not nol draped or Is only partly draped the tho pieces of or the plain fitted portion and the tho lining are re basted together and seamed at the same time BASTE DASTE TIlE THE TWO VO TOGETHER After Atter all parts of ot the garment are cut out and accurately marked If It the style le of ot the waist permits baste the lining and outer material together with long stitches and then Join the seams according to the notches if It the whole waist Is draped then baste only the tho lining pieces together and seam them The under arm and shoulder seams scams should be bo basted so that they come on the right side as this arrangement arrangement arrangement arrange arrange- ment simplifies tho the t fitting When hen the waist Is put ut on for a fitting fitting fit fit- ting dra draw It together and and pin the tho two raw edges together tog as If for tor a tl seam Without raising or dropping the tho wal waist t line as Is Indicated b by the tho pattern draw the tho material up well at the shoulders shoulders shoulders ders so that It Is snug and does not wrinkle either back or front In th the same samo wa way fit tit tho the material across the bust and back hack b by adjusting tho the underarm under underarm underarm arm s seams ams MAKING AI ALTERATIONS AI Pin the alterations carefully and If It t th the neck or armholes are not perfectly I comfortable the they may be made larger by sloping away the tho goods slightly Blight but the greatest care must be taken not notto notto notto to gouge Into the cloth and spoil the shape sha a of ot the garment When the armhole armhole arm arm- hole hole IB is tight if It the arm is moved mO backward backward backward back back- ward and forward several tia ee It will win crease the tho goods and the line marked may ma be followed for tor cutting At the front and back baek of ot the waist the material must be shaped to fit tit close I Ito to the base of ot the neck nock so BO that when the tho collar Is Joined It will be snug and not pull awa away from the nock neck In or order or orto to assure accuracy the alterations talked of ot must bo be made In the one side only and the opposite side olde cut the same samo StIn t S-t- t tIn In describing the goods offered at t reductions price-reductions tho the merchant realizes the Importance of ot sticking to actual facts for facts for ad reading Tending shoppers KNOW KroW THE GOODS and what the they usually IB cost