Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-12-16
HOME DRESSMAKING.
THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING GOCD
eUTTONt1OLES.

They Are One of the Prime Requisites
to the Fine Appearance of "A Gown.
The Making of u Coliar--Attention to-
Little Details Necessary.
copyright, S!r2, by American Press Associa-
ton.
NUMBER IL.
In the cutting of Il dress the waist should
be the first to he cut. and then the skirt,
which can be made as ample as the amount
of material will allow, but the waist will
bear no scrimping.
When the waist has been pressed, then
work the buttonholes. Cut the holes
evenly, then bar" them with coarse thread
and overland them, after which work the
buttonhole solidly and well, for nothing
looks more slovenly than wornout button.
holes The buttons bad better be left to
the last, as thread catches around them.
To get them on straight lay the two fronts
together and pass an iron lightly over the
buttonholes, or mark down through the
holes with pencil and sew the buttons on
exactly there.
To make and sew collar on dress is a
neat job, and if it is a plain one should be
first cut out of strong wigan, and that
basted on silesa or other lining, and then
faced with silk or satin, whatever the
outer material is made of. The collar is
to be pressed with piece of damp cloth
laid between that and the iron. Then cut
nick exactly in the middle of the collar
and fasten this to the center of the back
seam, and tack the two ends to the fronts
and haste them; that on the left side, how
ever, must reach only to the line of but
tons. The outer material, lining and
wigan are all to be taken in one seam with
the waist Of the dress and carefully basted
/ first, and only sewn when sure it is right
/ The collar should then be raised and its
position and the facing sewn down and the
whole firmly pressed.
! The bone castings can now be sewn in
They are better made of bias slesia, but
some use tapes and others the steel casel
bones, but nothing is so good or lasting as
the regular whalebones, and on the proper
adjustment of these very much of the
beauty of waist depends. The castings
should be just wide enough to let the bone
slide in snugly, and they must be sewr
only to the seams and no stitches visible
from the outside. Scrape the bones at eacl
end with a piece of glass until the ends ar,
flexible, and thus they will not veal
through the dress nor make an ugly hump
For very stout ladies the bones are doubled
in the middle and shaved thin at the ends
and if placed in hot water a short time
they can easily be sewn together with fine
needle. 1t is usual to place bone in eacl
dart in the side seams and one in the back
When the bones are all in, the ease bel
can be sewn in. This is to relieve tn,
strain about the waist, and is to be neatl,
diamond stitched in the middle of til,
back and on the under arm seams, and /
is finished by a hem and strong hook ant
eye. Then the final finish around the bot
tom can be put on.
This can be done in many ways, but thu
standard is to face it neatly with the SAM
material as the dress, or silk or satin
of self goods, the facing extends the six
teenth of an inch below the waist, givin!
the appearance of a piping. The silk lin
ing requires that the outside be turned un
der so as not to show. In facing the bot
tom great care should be taken to see tina
it is trimmed exactly even, for crooke,
lines there mark the amateur at once.