A manual of home-making

L Gathering, (a). The neck may be fin!fihc!d with embroidcTy ribbon beading, and lace edge, the gathers set into the Iwading with n standing fell (page H7li), and the lace whipped to the tieailirig by hand, (b) The edge may be gathered twiee, and finished with feat herst itched finLshing braid and laec tnlge or tatting, or with bias fa('ing or binding which may be featheratitched by hand. (c) The neck may be fini.shed in either of the ways jyst suggested without l>eijig gathered. It rnay be drawn up with tape or ribl)orL (d) The tnlgc^ of the garment may be rolled and gathere<l and wliipped to lace txeading and edge, (e) Wide lace *^lge may In* appliquM to the ganneiit on the line of the gathering, and fin* ished with seam beading and a casing of either batisU* or footing for ribboD. 2. Hand tucks. Hand tucks 1/16 inch wide and 2}^ to 3 inches long may he used in t<cveral groups or in one large group. Feathershtching, ehainsti telling, and lazy daisii'^ may be used in simple designs betw^een the groups of tucb?. The neck may be finished with: (a) a French hem, embroidery, leading, and lace edge, (h) embroidery* edging uaeti as a facing and edge, (c) lact! beading an<i eiige, and laix? inaertioo appliquM MANUAL OF HOME-MAKING in % sitfipb design, (d) a bias fold or fidtshing braid, (e) a widi* Imie i appliqued to give a yoke effect, with a easing of footing or liditiate, »ad cnlrc'-dfux um<xI lictwcfn the casing and the lace. 3. Miieliine tuckii. The name finiiihcs muy Ix^ used with maehine tucka flji with hand tucbi, Diachine stitching taking the place of Imnd work whert^ver poj^ible, h 4. Sninckinf^. Hcvcral rowa of smoeking may be tuned around the neck^ H or the smocking rnay 1>e made in groups. The garment may be finished at the net-k a« for ipithering. 5. Shirring, Several rows of gatberinR may be put in about % inch apart and the lines* of gathering featherNtilched or chainKtiteh*xl with ] crochet cott<)n. Machine hem^tttehing may l^e used to make the gaUiera secure. The garment may be finished at the top as for giithcring. ft. Eyelets. Kyelets may lie embroidered at intervals about l^i or *4 i inch Itelow the neck line, and the fullness drawn up by a riblx»n. The I ganncnt may be finished at the top with scalloping and French embrtwdery, ( or it may lie mlle<i and have lace whipp«^ to the inlge. 7, Yokes, Fullness mtiy be set into yukes with entrt»-deux, maclumsl hemstitching, insert ion^ or beading. The neek of the yoke may be !iniBhed| in any of the ways sugges^tcMj^ without fiillness. Finishes for mghigown vnth high neck and long sleeves. A ni^blgo\\Ti with a higb neck tmd long sleeves may have' fullness set into a yoke, whi<*h may be decorated with tuck^J feathei'stitehinp:! and the like. The neck may Ijc finished with I a small collar havinj^: a feat hcrst itched hem. The placket orj front closing should be about 12 inches long. The slec^ves rnayi Ik* gathered into a band at the wrist, A sliaped band may Ik* used around the neck and down the fnuit ('losing, and the sle<*ves may be gathered into a band. Afl small collar may be finished with a narrow ruffle of embroidery " and cuffn made to correspond. Finishes for lov>er edge^ of drawers (Fig. 92).