The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-20

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4 vogue, probably all who do their
W own homework have adopted this idea as
- a good to follow for their homework
kcixH dresses. Making waist and skirt separate
tss4@&1E and putting them into the band is
usually a this style dress
than cutting IN from hem, the frequent
laundering which Is IS apt to get the
piece dress OF shape Several excellent models
are shown with this article. and is easy
thing for the home % accomplish.
Never be beguiled into cutting a skirt
from five gored or circular pattern It will either
always look badly around the bottom It is
hang unevenly, or 1t Win require constant changing
Seven nine cores by far the most practical A
greater number OF may be pretty becoming.
bat It would be folly to put them in working dress.
One sensible model shows the buttoned
from the shoulder the bottom of the skirt This Is
male Of delft blue percale costing fifteen cents
yard: and nine yards viii make the dress No cutting
should be done until the whole garment has been
planned for by laying the skirt and waist patterns
In this way one or more pieces can be shifted about
Sometimes at = considerable saving of material
The opening where the left side Of the front
gore is and IN cutting out the waist fold the
material the right front that there lie q width
Of inches beyond the middle front line This Is
folded back the fold aiJ the middle front OF the
pattern and cut while folded This gives the right
shape around the neck.
A straight strip of the material, cut two inches
wide, stitched the right side front Of the waist
and 10 the right side of the front gore skirt
After stitching crease open with the finger
nail and when the strip is turned to the wrong side the
for this viii be obvious. The turning is much
Buttonholes cut across the width, and should
measure the diameter of the button. Cut them two
inches apart facet hem is put the left front Of
waist and skirt the eyelets worked. A stiletto
should be used punch the holes the punching should
come exactly the line which marks the
Shank buttons used and removed each time
before the dress 10 the laundry.
A small leg O. mutton is the pattern used for the
sleeve, and this left open for distance OF four
inches the inside the hand. In this way
have long sleeve. and when at work it
be unbuttoned turned back out Of the way
A bias band, with mitered finishes the small
square neck and the waist band and patch pocket
Of percale. IN putting pocket OF this kind
piece Of tape be based to the dress, coming d.
rectly under each of the pocket at the top
When the pocket stitched the dress, the tape Is
stitched through and this prevents the dress from
being there
Another pretty is made Of old per-
Gale with small dots The skirt is In cores
the bottom a rufie, fifteen inches deep
cutting skirt 1t fourteen inches short
the cores, the lower edges Of the cores,
straight widths OF the material
and half the Of the the
bottom This rufHe should have three inch hem al
lowed, besides this should fifteen and
half inches half inch being the necessary allow
IN sewing to the skirt.
To make the skirt hang evenly, without q lot Of
unnecessary standing fold it together right side out
that there fold down the middle of the front
gore together waist line lay 1t
table and pin together at the lower ejges-being