The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-08-03
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Foue DISTINCT sURTs AND 40" TO
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tia, r.: y.,Es... ia i.-r-r fo}d-zll Around "''a
w..b LII .--t ,zcey, that fn tae l@scA EefF
Tx. ,I,e--s. sg - ~,z~aa, hu' fuller. II ~
gafr.- doc H.. width material 90 cat tsrse
The tag, j., fe3!,-l IA To the belt to cause II To
fit Over tbe hig~-
tt UMBRELLA -ty'- rcqUsr,-~ niur hrradths
and =, narrow nj the top and eNirsnely har-
in1.. rls-l generally =. ne Kind Of trimming
outIiu.-. eac1, scam.
The ,us..irz. &, con- s~ed Of eight bTs'adths,
and tls. lN5B j. INA very fuil and uaFIns,
sDn,rizs,- plain Fl IA top - bottom, hut
more , ftru with a faunc- ~-i oti, which l.
r,1t in "a martial circle so a. to give tia" MP
rnarsti.,.- A, a ~ecoud ~alrt When, a. - g'tltr
all, tie. ,4-. IL H. headed by narrow ruiiir,
nr lie gpin5es l. covered 10y some spec'Al
trimming
Iuugs4,t ,.t-.-S tht,.. ar. cut III the form ot
( a half circle hut in others they arr cut IN
! ctiun>. with the wide cud downward anu
! Oh. top Of each followed out little and
/ TIE. bottom rounded 10 give il a flare.
| The cnl IN, skirt j. cut much like any
! other, but there are eight bro!rh'h7 rs
/ against the five The top of the front
! breadth measures from 10 inches across
! the ton and flares Ia - at the bottom. Ii
| ! "a. fold The Yf,A
! br,.adtfis are inches across the top and re-
| spectively 10, 20 and - al the bottom. The
| back breadth is ~ inches all along and cut
/ to a short train in the back Thetop OF the
| back breadth i entirely taken up in plalts,
making this skirt 81 inches around the
waist In case the wrarer is more slender
| the brcadth h. can be sloped in at the top or
| gathered slightly to bring it To the RI
| quired sizr.
The pattern of IA skirt is SO easily drafted,
! given the measurement of lengt IA and waist
| band. that few instructions are needed 9th
er than to say that tley should be cut on
the straight and right side up where there
is a nap or pattern. Where the goods are
| alike like plain silk cashmere, etc, the
| cores can be picced, as Is shown on the dla
/ gram, by taking " hat comes from the toy
and adding it on the bottom, but this Is not
advisable if there is plenty of goods. Some
! times two brcadths can be get from one
width of cloth by adding these triangular
pieces Sometimes by laying one breadth
(that means double up and the other down
when cutting two can he cut without
piecing but this will do only in cashmere
plain silk, cottons and chevrons, cheviots
and plain napless goods of extra width
Velvet and velutina should never be cut
''up and down." as there Is always Il differ
ence in the shading.
The stiff skirt lining now used may be o.
crinolne, horsehair or wigan. If of horse
HAIR the edges must be firmly bound Will
strong material, 50 that the hairs will no
stick through and irritate the wearer, thu
facing to be cut just the shape of the bot
tom and can be as deep as desired. 1t i
better to have it made separate and Ca
stitch it to the lining, leaving the lowe
edge to come even with the bottom of tn
skirt 1t should be in turn faced with al
paca or black silk stitched on with IA ma
chine. If three or four rows of the stitch
ing are scwed around they make the Skin
stand ont better. When these are frs
basted Eicc around the bottom and thel
cat stitched on. the edge should be care
fully trimmed and then bound with bia
velntina, which comes in pieces for tina
5 purpose 1t needs more than one bunch
a. the skirts are 50 large around. This i
: to be busted with the velvet part to tn
skirt and turned upward on the outsid
and baSted with a strong thread, which i
to remain in Then it should be stitche,
and finally turned and felled down strongl
to the under side.