Perfectionist
For the perfectionist ... or beginner, the couturier method of cutting and tacking together a dummy dress in muslin, which can then be tried on, cannot be beaten. It may seem a waste of time to the impatient home dressmaker, but it can save time, and sometimes dollars, in the long run; certainly it ensures a perfect fit because alterations can be made as needed, and transferred to i the paper pattern pieces before you cut into good, I often expensive, fabric. After cutting out, and 1 marking with tailors tacks, I all pattern details, the next step, often ignored by the I beginner who relies on the . quick and easy, but unreliable pin, is to tack and I machine.all darts, tucks, etc., . also to press them, before tacking all outline seams, right side to right side. Following this method, i even the inexperienced can sew a swift, straight seam, I with confidence. |
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32308, 28 May 1970, Page 8
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153Perfectionist Press, Volume CX, Issue 32308, 28 May 1970, Page 8
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