A COMPLETE COURSE IN DRESSMAKING
A heavy mercerized cotton gives the best effort in working fagotting. It is a pretty trimming spaced at even intervals around a straight skirt, or to join a narrow yoke to a blouse, or a fold to a sleeve.
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Fig. (6) Couched on Braid or embroidery cotton is a simple way of dressing up a serge frock
Couching: Narrow braid or heavy embroidery cotton or silk makes an attractive trimming put on in an embroidery design. (See Fig. 6.) Catch it to the goods with crosswise stitches; as shown in Fig. 7. Sometimes a contrasting color is used for the small stitches, as black mercerized embroidery cotton to catch down a light blue heavier cotton. This combination would be effective on a linen dress.
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Fig. (7) The position of the needle in couching
Braiding: Flat black silk, military braid is used on woolens. Stitch
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