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CUTTING MATERIALS 
                MALINE USED FOR ROSE=S 
   For large rosettes the full width of maline is often sewed in 
close loops to a twisted length of cable wire or a tab. The loops 
must be very close and sewed on both sides of the foundation. 
   The loops are then spread out the full width and clipped all 
around with sharp scissors. This gives a ball-like rosette. 
                  MALINE USED FOR BOWS 
   For bows of maline the full width should be folded and made 
over a foundation form of cable wire. The wire may be looped in 
a regular bow effect (like a lover's-knot bow) and the maline 
tacked over it. 
   Always use soft, loose knots in maline bows. 
   Always handle maline as little as possible.      Handling 
crushes it. 
   Always use a moderately hot iron. Too hot an iron melts the 
sizing and tears the mesh of the maline. 
IX. CUTTING BIAS BINDING FOR FRAME AND CROWN EDGES 
                     ECONOMY OF TIME 
   Economy of time in cutting is an important item in a large 
workroom. When the correct method is used, one girl can cut 
enough crinoline or mull to last for weeks, in a few minutes. Cut 
a bias comer from the length of binding material. Fold back 
five inches of material lengthwise (on the bias edge). Turn this 
again and again until the full width is folded. This will give all 
the bias edge folded together in one space of five inches. Fold 
and flatten the entire length of material, which may be five or six 
yards long. Place pins at intervals of a few inches. The selvage 
will wind in a bias slant around the fold. With a sharp pair of 
scissors cut one-inch strips from the top, folded, bias edge. 
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