Assortment of muslin sewing patterns made by May Ishimoto while attending Frank Wiggins School of Trade in Los Angeles, CA
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: These seven muslin examples of sewing projects were included in a notebook May completed while in school at The Frank Wiggins School of Trade in Los Angeles, California. These various sewing and construction techniques required by the school included 1) straight belt, 2) practice edges with machine, basting, and hand sewn details, 3) button holes, 4) inverted pleats, 5) a half bodice, with self seam, 6) a V-pocket, and 7) a curved pocket.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: general subject association
content: Dance
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: In Memory of May and Paul Ishimoto
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2011.0223.10
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content: 2011.0223
label: catalog number
content: 2011.0223.10
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patterns, sewing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: muslin (overall material)
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content: thread (overall material)
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content: straight belt: 30 in x 1 1/4 in; 76.2 cm x 3.175 cm
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content: practice edges: 27 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in; 69.85 cm x 11.43 cm
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content: button holes: 9 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 24.765 cm x 8.255 cm
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content: inverted pleats: 8 in x 5 in; 20.32 cm x 12.7 cm
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content: half bodice with self seam: 6 in x 12 in; 15.24 cm x 30.48 cm
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content: half bodice with v-pocket: 13 1/2 in x 9 in; 34.29 cm x 22.86 cm
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content: half bodice with curved pocket: 10 1/2 in x 9 1/2 in; 26.67 cm x 24.13 cm