various parts are cut, they
are folded carefully to prevent
stretching the very bias edges.
When working on material that
stretches badly^ it is often a
good plan to Ijaste a piece of
selvage or tai>e along the more
bias edges, until that part is
pemianently sewed. This is
true of the neck-line and arm-
hole of the waist, and also of
the center 1 jack and the waist-
Une of the skirt.
HOW TO BASTE A SIMPLE
GARMENT
Too much basting is ahnost
worse than too little. It not
only pulls the material and
makes it unyielding, but it is
very time-consunung. If pins
are skillfully placed, much of
the tiresome l)asting may be
omitted.
Holding the material with
seam-marking on seam-mark-
ing, the pins should be placed
at right angles to the line to be
made by the stitching. If pins
are so placed, the baiting tlwead
will not tangle around them,
and they are easily removed if the seam is to be stitched
on the machine without being basted*
Fig. 7tl.— Method of iulj noting a skirt
pntt^^ni fur n prnjon wha has a
pmniinent ijlxlomen or hips. For
the fornitT, the adiusttiient is made
on the gores towurd the fro ill; for
the latter, on the gores toward the
bark, A email tuek of not mom
than [4 itioh h taken at the back
of the gf>rG a few inehf^t? below the
hip-line and allowc?d to nm to
nothiuK at the front of the gore.
It IS neeeaaary to straighten the
haek edge of the gore after mak*
ing this adjustment. As thia is
some what difficult, it is better if
modo OQ the fiifurt?,
General rules for badijig,
1. In })asting garments of any sijre, k*H*p thr work on a table or a lap-
board luj rniieh as possible , For very long aeimis, sueh as are in a skirt, the
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baated edgei will Ik* much flriiter if they ore pimped perfectly flat oq i
table and kept so while \mng l>asted.
2. Wheti basting two ecl|^ together, the worker should always keep
the more huts edge towards her,
3. When bji^ting a Kathertxl r>art to a straight edge, the worker should
aiwajrs hold the gathered part towards her. If an C8p)ecialiy good Une oii
the straight edge is deair<^, the work may he held with the straight pieoa
toward one, as is often done when basting in a aleeve.
4. In baating bias edges, such as the edge of a gore, start the basting
opposite the widest end of the gore, if possible. In this way, the hand will
not ravel or push off the warp threiids.
To bmtc a shirt-waist or other simple waist,
I* Baste and stitch all flat decora tiona, such as tucks^ pUiU, and set-in
Iftoe, before basting the m»ams.
% Pin the scarns before basting them^ bringing together the correspond-
ing points, such aa the waist-
lines and armholea of each,
WTiether the wabt is baited with
the scanw on the riglit or viTong
side depends on the kind of fin-
ished seam to \ye iised. In the
case of a tight-fitting wai^t, the
seams are basted on the wrong
side in order that the hnea in
the waist may be carefully ob-
servHnJ when the gannent is tried
on.
3. In basting togetlicr parta
of a simple waist, begin with the
nnder-arm seam. I'm the parts
together at the wai«t-Iine, keep
the tracing or tailor tacking of
the front and the back together,
and pin the seam to the armhole
and down to the bottom of the
peplum. Baste the sejim from
the waist-line up to the armhole and from the waist-line down to the bottom
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various parts are cut, they
are folded carefully to prevent
stretching the very bias edges.
When working on material that
stretches badly^ it is often a
good plan to Ijaste a piece of
selvage or tai>e along the more
bias edges, until that part is
pemianently sewed. This is
true of the neck-line and arm-
hole of the waist, and also of
the center 1 jack and the waist-
Une of the skirt.
HOW TO BASTE A SIMPLE
GARMENT
Too much basting is ahnost
worse than too little. It not
only pulls the material and
makes it unyielding, but it is
very time-consunung. If pins
are skillfully placed, much of
the tiresome l)asting may be
omitted.
Holding the material with
seam-marking on seam-mark-
ing, the pins should be placed
at right angles to the line to be
made by the stitching. If pins
are so placed, the baiting tlwead
will not tangle around them,
and they are easily removed if the seam is to be stitched
on the machine without being basted*
Fig. 7tl.— Method of iulj noting a skirt
pntt^^ni fur n prnjon wha has a
pmniinent ijlxlomen or hips. For
the fornitT, the adiusttiient is made
on the gores towurd the fro ill; for
the latter, on the gores toward the
bark, A email tuek of not mom
than [4 itioh h taken at the back
of the gf>rG a few inehf^t? below the
hip-line and allowc?d to nm to
nothiuK at the front of the gore.
It IS neeeaaary to straighten the
haek edge of the gore after mak*
ing this adjustment. As thia is
some what difficult, it is better if
modo OQ the fiifurt?,
General rules for badijig,
1. In })asting garments of any sijre, k*H*p thr work on a table or a lap-
board luj rniieh as possible , For very long aeimis, sueh as are in a skirt, the
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A MANUAL OF HOME-MAKING
baated edgei will Ik* much flriiter if they ore pimped perfectly flat oq i
table and kept so while \mng l>asted.
2. Wheti basting two ecl|^ together, the worker should always keep
the more huts edge towards her,
3. When bji^ting a Kathertxl r>art to a straight edge, the worker should
aiwajrs hold the gathered part towards her. If an C8p)ecialiy good Une oii
the straight edge is deair<^, the work may he held with the straight pieoa
toward one, as is often done when basting in a aleeve.
4. In baating bias edges, such as the edge of a gore, start the basting
opposite the widest end of the gore, if possible. In this way, the hand will
not ravel or push off the warp threiids.
To bmtc a shirt-waist or other simple waist,
I* Baste and stitch all flat decora tiona, such as tucks^ pUiU, and set-in
Iftoe, before basting the m»ams.
% Pin the scarns before basting them^ bringing together the correspond-
ing points, such aa the waist-
lines and armholea of each,
WTiether the wabt is baited with
the scanw on the riglit or viTong
side depends on the kind of fin-
ished seam to \ye iised. In the
case of a tight-fitting wai^t, the
seams are basted on the wrong
side in order that the hnea in
the waist may be carefully ob-
servHnJ when the gannent is tried
on.
3. In basting togetlicr parta
of a simple waist, begin with the
nnder-arm seam. I'm the parts
together at the wai«t-Iine, keep
the tracing or tailor tacking of
the front and the back together,
and pin the seam to the armhole
and down to the bottom of the
peplum. Baste the sejim from
the waist-line up to the armhole and from the waist-line down to the bottom