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Sew triangular sections at ends to cording. Make this a double sewing for energy. Press. position dealing with over buttonhole, pin and baste conscientiously round buttonhole. scale back via from correct part to get right place, then proceed on improper part to inside of yg" of ends, clip diagonally to corners. flip less than slashed edges of dealing with and slip sew (see determine 39, web page forty-one) to again of button- gap alongside sewing line. determine a hundred — To make a labored buttonhole, degree as directed in determine ninety eight. sew round marking by way of computing device, utilizing a small sew to enhance the button- gap. cut back on marked line with a pointy scissors. end with heavily labored [176] BAG OF tips entrance to check buttonholes (see determine 102). 6. end aspects of dickey with slim hems (see figures 27-29, web page 37). 7. Make W desktop stitched hem alongside decrease edges. subscribe to front and back by means of putting 4-W of elastic at both sides in open ends of hem. View B — Band backside Dickey 1. persist with steps 1 to six lower than View A, above. 2. flip below and press Vz" round both sides of waistband items. Fold in part lengthwise and mark facilities. On decrease fringe of fronts, 2" in from aspect edges, assemble three" sections to 2". Button fronts jointly and pin at decrease side. Insert back and front in each one band, matching facilities (see representation, web page 172). Baste throughout band. side sew (see determine 38, web page forty-one) via all thicknesses. three. Fasten entrance band to again with hooks and eyes (figure 103) or snaps (figure 104). determine a hundred and one — To make a thread loop, mark off diameter of button on fringe of garment the place wanted. those areas could be adjoining or separated. Make 3 stitches, becoming a member of one marking to the opposite, putting a pencil to maintain the loops an identical measurement. hide those foun- dation stitches with buttonhole stitches (figure 100). Fig. one hundred and one determine 102 — to stitch on buttons, mark BAG OF methods [177] determine a hundred and one — to stitch on hooks and eyes, use a double thread and an over- and-over sew via holes. stitch over hook close to best, to carry it down. The curved eye extends a little past the fringe of the outlet. The immediately steel bar or thread loop(figure /0/Jis put at the seamline. Fig. 104 determine 104—To'sew on snap fasteners, ^ use a double thread and hide knot below snap. Use an over-and-over sew. stitch each one gap individually and hold thread less than snap to subsequent gap. connect flat facet of snap first. carry the garment closed and placed a pin during the gap in snap to mark position of different part. position snaps no more than 2" aside. Pointed or around Collar fabric: V* yd. (see web page one hundred seventy for materials) . . . Direc- tions for slicing: 2 items, trend No. XVII (see determine four, web page 29) ... instructions for Making: See determine ninety three, web page a hundred and seventy, for creating a removable collar ... recommended finishes: A lace edging (see determine ninety four, web page 170), a simple or corded piping (see figures 86 and 89, pages seventy two and 83), a scalloped aspect. (Mark fringe of around collar with scallops. Make collar in traditional approach. shrink seam among scallops sooner than turning.