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Originally published in the 1910s, Dressmaking Made Easy sets forth the quickest and best method for every operation in sewing. It's a handy book of reference in which the making of any part of a garment can be easily looked up.

The book was based on the author's years of experience in manufacturing patterns and making garments. "The making of a whole garment may seem a difficult proposition, but when thought of in individual parts, it resolves itself into simple operations. It is merely a series of joining seams, turning edges for hems, and sewing pieces together for pockets and other trimmings. Any woman who can run a sewing machine can join the pieces, if she knows how to place the goods and where to stitch," said the author.

Contents Covered:

Introduction
Preparing the Material and Cutting
- To Shrink Woolens or Cottons in Woolen Finish
- To Shrink Wash Fabrics
- To Set Blue, Brown or Brownish Red Shades
- To Set Green, Mauve, Purple or Purplish Red Shads
- Proper Tools
- Laying the Pattern on the Goods
- To Match Plaids
- Marking Around the Pattern and Indicating the Perforations
- Cutting
- Pressing
Hand Sewing
- Running Stitch
- Back Stitch
- Basting
- Felling
- Blind Stitching
- Overcastting
- Padding Stitch
- Buttonholes
- Sewing on Buttons
- Tailor's Tacks
Seams and Their Uses
- Open Seams
- French Seams
- Double Stitched Seams
- Lap Felled Seams
- Slot Seam
- Hemstitched Seams
- Seam Beading
Tucks, Pleats and Fullness
- Pin Tucks
- Side Tucks
- Side Pleats
- Box Pleats
- Double Box Pleats
- Simulated Box Pleats
- Inverted Box Pleat
- Plain Shirring
- Tuck Shirring
- Cord Shirring
- To Keep Shirring Equally Distributed
Closings and Plackets
- Closings with Hems
- Facings and Extensions
- Blind Closings
- Closing Under Tucks
- Box Pleat Closings
- Simulated Box Pleat Closings
- Applied Box Pleat Closings
- Closings at Shoulder, Armhole and Underarm
- Slash Closings with Pleats Below
- Continuous Facings
- Skirt Plackets
- The Fly on Boy's Trousers
- The Front of Men's Underdrawers
Pockets
- Patch Pockets
- Slash Pockets
- Boys' Trousers Pockets
Sleeves and How to Hang Them
- Sleeve Vents
- Cuffs
- To Measure a Sleeve
- To Make a Sleeve Smaller at the Top
- To Make a Sleeve Narrower from Top to Bottom
- To Increase the Size of a Sleeve at the Top
- To Widen a Sleeve from Top to Bottom
- To Shorten a Sleeve
- To Lengthen a Sleeve
- Testing a Sleeve to See if it Will Twist
- Adding Reach Room to a Sleeve
- Shirt Sleeves
- Waist Sleeves Having Seams Matching Underarm Seams
- Sleeves with Seams that do not Match Underarm Seams
- Sleeves with Fullness at the Top
Finishing
- Darts
- Facings
- Casings
- To Miter Corners
- Lining Trimming Pieces
- Yokes
- Collars
- Finishing the Neck
- Slashed Openings at the Neck
- Waistbands
- Inside Belts of Grosgrain Belting
- Hemming the Bottom of Skirts
- The Top of Boys' Trousers
Trimming
- Bound Buttonholes
- Piping
- Binding
- Cording
- Air Cording
- Hemstitching with an Ordinary Sewing Machine
- Lace Insertion
- Lace Edging
Be Your Own Designer
- How to Use a Block Waist Pattern
- How to Use a Block Skirt Pattern
- How to Hang Your Own Skirt
Coat Making
- Shrink the Materials
- Canvasing the Front
- Taping the Edges
- The Collar
- Joining the Collar and Front Facings to the Coat
- Staying the Lower Edge
- The Sleeve
- Lining a Coat
- Unlined Coats
- The Pressing is Important
Fitting
- How to Fit Sloping Shoulders
- How to Fit Square Shoulders
- If the Garment is Shortwaisted
- If the Garment is Longwaisted
- If the Figure is Overly Erect
- If the Figure is Stooping
- Out Sizes
- What Makes the Neck of a Garment Stand Away from the Figure
- If the Front Edges of a Coat Hang Apart When the Coat is Unbuttoned
- Skirts that Twist
Index