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Excerpt from The Cutters' Practical Guide to the Cutting of Ladies' Garments: Embracing All the New and Current Styles of Every Class and Style of Ladies' Garment, Now Being Made in the Best Tailoring Firms
On no account sew the lining and the outside to gether at the same time, as the dressmakers do, because the linings require to be wider and longer in the hollow, and shorter over the curves, just as the inner edge of a circle is shorter than the outer edge, so must the out side be to the lining. It is the tailor's aim to make the outside fit the lining is merely an accessory it is the dressmaker's aim to make the lining fit. Have your bone casings put in very long over the waist let them be made from material on the bias; do not let them come higher than the top of the darts, or nearer the bottom than 5 an inch let the bones be carefully prepared and firmly secured. In sewing the seams, full on the round ones a trifle.
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On no account sew the lining and the outside to gether at the same time, as the dressmakers do, because the linings require to be wider and longer in the hollow, and shorter over the curves, just as the inner edge of a circle is shorter than the outer edge, so must the out side be to the lining. It is the tailor's aim to make the outside fit the lining is merely an accessory it is the dressmaker's aim to make the lining fit. Have your bone casings put in very long over the waist let them be made from material on the bias; do not let them come higher than the top of the darts, or nearer the bottom than 5 an inch let the bones be carefully prepared and firmly secured. In sewing the seams, full on the round ones a trifle.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - William D. F. Vincent
Hardback
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ISBN - 9780331356649
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.1 cm
Page Count - 136
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ISBN - 9780282357269
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.8 cm
Page Count - 138
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