A COMPLETE COURSE IN DRESSMAKING
A basque dress is especially pretty in taffeta silk. It needs a firm texture and should never be made up in slinky goods, such as crepe silk. Broadcloth, fine serge, tricotine and such cottons as French gingham and fine chambray are also suitable for the style.
Making a Basque Dress: Stitch the darts in the fronts, first from the wrong sides. Then, turn the goods in the darts toward the front and stitch again on the right side of the goods, just in front of the darts.
Make French seams at the shoulder. Bind the sleeve to the armhole and close the sleeve and underarm seam in one stitching, making French seams in medium weight goods or open seams in heavier goods.
Turn and press the hems on the fronts. It is a matter of taste whether or not they are stitched.
Fold the collar double lengthwise and stitch across the ends.
Place the collar on the wrong side of the waist and stitch one of the raw edges to the neck edge of the waist. Turn the collar into its finished position, turn under the raw edge and stitch it in place or catch it down by hand.
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