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9780486404851

Authentic Victorian Dressmaking Techniques

by Harris, Kristina
  • ISBN13:

    9780486404851

  • ISBN10:

    0486404854

  • eBook ISBN(s):

    9780486320175

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1998-12-29
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
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Summary

This vintage how-to manual the first modern American sewing book provided turn-of-the-century seamstresses with clear instructions for altering patterns, hand-sewing stitches, and creating shirt-blouses, skirts, wedding and evening gowns, coats, maternity wear, undergarments, children's clothing and other apparel. Also details lost arts like boning a bodice, creating bust enhancers, more.

Table of Contents

Frontispiece?The Sewing Circle
Hand-Sewing Stitches
Important Points and Aids in Dressmaking
The Correct Method of Altering Patterns
Shirt-Blouses
Draped Waists
Skirts
"Novels, Artistic Seams"
Wedding and Evening Gowns
The Tailor-Made Gown
Coats and Jackets
Practical and Ornamental Stitches
Bias Bands and Folds?Turning Corners
An Empire Tea-Gown
Desirable Garments for Maternity Wear
Making and Finishing Underwear
The Bath-Robe
Children's Clothes
Boys' Suits

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