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Authentic Victorian Dressmaking Techniques
by Kristina Harris

ISBN: 0486404854
Dover Publications Price: $14.95 		click here to see this book


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 for Authentic Victorian Dressmaking Techniques
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