The new dressmaker; with complete and fully illustrated instructions on every point connected with sewing, dressmaking and tailoring, from the actual stitches to the cutting, making, altering, mending, and cleaning of clothes for ladies, misses, girls, children, infants, men and boys
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Butterick Publishing Company
The new dressmaker; with complete and fully illustrated instructions on every point connected with sewing, dressmaking and tailoring, from the actual stitches to the cutting, making, altering, mending, and cleaning of clothes for ladies, misses, girls, children, infants, men and boys
New York, New York: The Butterick Publishing Co., [1921]
168 p. illus. 25 cm.
URL to cite for this work: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/HumanEcol.MBNewDressmaker
Contents
Contents, pp. 3-4
Preface, pp. 5-6
Chapter 1: The necessary equipment for dressmaking, pp. 7-9
Chapter 2: Butterick patterns, pp. 10-18
Chapter 3: Altering the length of patterns, pp. 19-23
Chapter 4: Altering waist patterns for figures that vary from the average, pp. 24-27
Chapter 5: Altering skirt, yoke and drawer patterns for figures that vary from the average, pp. 28-31
Chapter 6: Materials, sponging, cutting, etc, pp. 32-36
Chapter 7: Waists, blouses and shirtwaists. Part I--dress waists, pp. 37-41
Chapter 8: Waists, blouses and shirtwaists. Part II, pp. 42-46
Chapter 9: Skirts for ladies and misses, pp. 47-50
Chapter 10: Dresses for ladies, misses, girls and children, pp. 51-52
Chapter 11: Sailor or naval suits, pp. 53-57
Chapter 12: Coats and capes for ladies, misses, girls, and children, pp. 58-64
Chapter 13: House dresses, negligées, kimonos, bathrobes, aprons, bathing-suits and rompers, pp. 65-67
Chapter 14: Making and finishing undergarments, pp. 68-71
Chapter 15: Maternity clothes and the layette, pp. 72-80
Chapter 16: Sewing stitches, pp. 81-85
Chapter 17: Seams, pp. 86-90
Chapter 18: Hems, pp. 91-93
Chapter 19: Facings, pp. 94-96
Chapter 20: Tucks and plaits, pp. 97-99
Chapter 21: Plackets, pp. 100-103
Chapter 22: Pockets, pp. 104-108
Chapter 23: Collars, cuffs and belts, pp. 109-111
Chapter 24: Buttonholes, eyelets, buttons, patent fasteners, hooks and eyes and blind loops, pp. 112-117
Chapter 25: Trimming stitches, pp. 118-128
Chapter 26: Bias trimmings, pp. 129-131
Chapter 27: Applied trimmings, ruffles, embroidery and lace. Part I, pp. 132-136
Chapter 28: Applied trimmings. Part II, pp. 137-142
Chapter 29: Sewing on braid, appliqué embroidery, marabou and fur, pp. 143-145
Chapter 30: Darning and mending, pp. 146-150
Chapter 31: Remodeling, pp. 151-153
Chapter 32: Pressing, pp. 154-155
Chapter 33: The care of clothes, p. 156
Chapter 34: Cleaning, pp. 157-159
Chapter 35: Washing clothes, p. 160
Chapter 36: Boys' and men's clothes, pp. 161-165
Index, pp. 166-168 ff.
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