Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-11-27
Something of Interest to Every Woman

HOW TO CUT a DRESS.
Something of Interest to Every Woman.
LAnnc Aldworth, in Good lIousckcepng.l
"'ro begin with,' SAID Aunt Mary TAX
| ing the front piece of the paper pattern
and folding it over carefully at the waist
line, select II thread that runs from
selvedge to selvedge and place this crease
| have made at the waist line, upon it.
When you are sure the waist line of your
pattern is perfectly even with the grain of
the cloth, smooth out your pattern top
and bottom and after securing it firmly to
the cloth at the waist line, pin it firmly to
the cloth and cut it out DO not mind if
the pattern slopes a little on the front
from the bust to the neck the waste of
material will be very slight. See that
your waist line is straight then 20 ahead :
and would advise you to cut one piece
at IL time until you have more expert
ence.
"From the second bias to the first seam,
the waist line shows Il slight upward ten
dency," said Aunt Mary, perhaps you
have not noticed that your waist shows
this tendency as you approach the hips :
but Us the line from the hem to the first
! bias and from the first to the second bias
is straight on the cloth that part from the
second bias to the first seam must be
| straight as it is not Il separate piece"
You see | notch and mark carefully
Just as | am instructed to do by my pat
tern, and across from notch to notch on
| the waist line | run il thread tor fear of
| losing sight of this very Important line
Now write down all the important part OF
my lecture Sally, and be sure and mead it
! lru st line"
wrote and read aloud to Aunt Mary
"Waist line BE sure it is straight on the
cloth, then 90 ahead - Aunt Mary APP
| proved of my brief note on this item and
! proceeded to cut piece after piece in the
same careful manner
When all was ready, she said CHOW,
Sally, there is II great deal to learn about
, bastlng II waist. You cannot Daste 1t any
! way. BY that | mean you cannot proper.
~ begin to baste every seam at the top or
bottom of the waist. There are IA few
rules which if followed, will surely in.
sure good seams and consequently well
fitting dresses
Here we have the front and back OF
this waist. BY that | mean the right and
the wrong side of the calico SO hereafter
in speaking of the front you JyIll know
mean the right side and i'll speaking OF
the back you will know | mean the wrong
side of the calico The biases are the first
to be basted secure them by pinning al
the waist line, then evenly up and down
so that they will not slip when you baStt
theme then with the front towards you
, basic timely, remembering that the hnei
the hastings, the nicer the seam wheI
stitched. The next two seams pin anC
basic with the fronts toward you remem
bering to secure AT the waist line first
l and DE very careful not to stretch til,
cloth. The next seam you Will secure a:
usual ut the waist line then pin about al
, i,nh nj, hnt ri
, the bottom OF the waist with the front to
wards you. Now tuln it so that the bdcI
will be towards you and pin from above
l the waist line towards the top. Basic il
the same way and you will have no trouble
: in making this set nicely back OF the hip
The rounding piece that sets in the curve
OF the back piece, must be put III yer.
. carefully. Hold the back towards yol
and in basting from the top to the bottom
: be very careful not to draw it III any way
Let the rounding seam fail easily into Tia
curved back. The backs are sloped a lit
= tie as the waist line is approached and you
will have no difficulty III getting then
, even if you secure them at the waist lin
first. Now the shoulder seams look Il
though they intended to trouble us. Tn
= backs seem too wide for the fronts Blu
e see here you pin the ends firmly. Th
r back still looks too full : give it gentl
, pull not too much, but lust enough t.
) show you it will fall in place easily, an'
pin and basic as you have seen me PHI
: and basic every seam"
( "Now we will examine it, said Aun
= Mary as she spread the waist out on tn
= lap board, and called my attention to tn
t thread which ran in Il continuous lin
a around the waist. | was very mucl
r pleased with Aunt Mary'S work when
j. tried the waist on, and thanked her agail
: and again for insisting upon pencil AM
paper being at hand at the beginning o
ma "a n 81
that day have | neglected to have my not
o book on my work table when cutting
/ dress and | have cut and made Il grea
Z many very satisfactorily.