A COMPLETE COURSE IN DRESSMAKING
The easiest way is working right over the pattern. If the paper is too thin, stamp the design on heavier paper. Make narrow folds of the goods. To do this, cut the material in three-quarter-inch straight strips. Join the strips end to end, crease them crosswise through the center, and stitch along the raw edges.
To turn this tube-like strip right side out, fasten a bodkin to one end with several over and over stitches, leaving the thread that passes through the eye of the bodkin long enough so that the bodkin can be inserted in the tube. Run it through tube. It will turn the tube right side out. Press the fold and then baste it over the braiding design on the paper. Wherever the folds cross, catch them together securely with over and over stitches. When the design is completely covered, tear away the paper. Turn back the lower edges of the material where it laps over the lattice work and stitch just back of the edge in joining the goods to the lattice work.
The lattice work is always in color to match the dress. It is especially effective on canton crepe, taffeta silk, and such cottons as organdie and handkerchief linen. (See Fig. 4.)
Fagotting: Just simple fagotting makes an
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