DRESSMAKING.
BINDING AND DARTS.
The amateur often finds it difficult to bind the edge of a garment neatly, but by cutting the material about an inch longer the following imitation is practicable and satisfactory. Turn this extra piece over from the wrong to the right side, as though a hem were to be made; press; machine it down about a quarter of an inch from the fold; turn the free part of the extra piece back over the stitched part, thus leaving only the light side of the material to show on the right side of the garment; press, turn the free piece down on the wrong side; press; cut off any superfluous material, turn in the raw edge, and hem the resulting fold to the double part so that the stitches will not show through. Press again, and the binding is finished. Darts may be made with French seams, thus rendering overcasting unnecessary. Tack or pin them on the right side, and machine them a quarter of an inch from within a quarter of an inch of the seam, and then machine another one, on the wrong side, at the original line.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 35, 11 February 1935, Page 10
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193DRESSMAKING. Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 35, 11 February 1935, Page 10
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