Material, striped ticking (■ )• Cotton batting. Size
9 1-2x8 1-4 in.
SEVENTH YEAR.
1. Enrollment: Assignment of individual equip-
ment.
2-3. Rapid Review of all the stitches taught in the
first quarter of the sixth year's work.
Material, unbleached muslin, cut 6x12 in., folded in
the middle crosswise. White thread. No. 50. Needles,
sharps. No. 8. This one piece to suffice for the review.
4-5-6. Apron: The straight apron, gathered into a
band. Three tucks and a hem at the bottom. No other
adornment. Size, adapted to pupil.
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Material, India Linon (*). Needles and thread
adapted by the teacher.
7-8. Handkerchief; Hemstitching. The untrimmed
hemstitched handkerchief.
Material, India Linon, (*). Size, 10 x 10 in. before
hemming.
9. Table Napkins: The linen hem.
Material, Linen or mercerized cotton, (*). Size, de-
cided by parents. Hem, 3-16 inch wide.
10. Buttonholes: One review lesson. A square ended,
barred, tailored buttonhole.
Material, Bleached muslin, strips cut 12 x 3 inches,
folded lengthwise in the middle, edges turned in and over-
sewed.
Buttonholes cut crosswise the piece, two inches apart.
A grade contest for the best buttonholes.
11. Patching: Matching stripes. The felled patch.
Material, any kind of light weight striped goods, (*).
All goods must be clean. Piece cut 6 x 6 inches.
12. Darning:
Material, Silk, cotton, linen, or woolen goods, (*).
Thread, silk or darning cotton adapted to the cloth, also the
needles. Darning of the cut, the tear, the worn hole.
13. Darning:
Material, Cotton or woolen stockings, (*). These
must be freshly washed and scalded, if they have been worn.
Needles; etc., adapted to material.
14. The Felled Seam.'
Material, bleached muslin. Piece cut 6 x 6 incheso
Two seams.
15. The French Seam:
Material, as in previous lesson. Two seams.
16-24. Drafting, Cutting, and Making a petticoat,
usmg the Gingles" method. (See * ad." in this book).
Material, bleached muslin, (*).
(a) Measurement.
(b) Drafting to same measurement.
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(c) Drafting to individual measurements.
(d) Cutting.
(e) Fitting.
(0 Making.
Petticoat made with fourth-inch felled seams, back-and-
fore stitched; finished with plain hem.
25-28. Drafting, Cutting, and Making a stven
{ored dress-skirt, using the same method.
Material, calico or gingham, (*). Skirt finished with
the French seam (not back-stitched), and a plain hem.
29'33. Drafting, Cutting, and Making shirt-waist
(same method).
Material, calico, gingham, or white goods, selected by
the parents (*). Waists plainly finished. Barred button-
holes.
34. Drafting, Cutting, and Making drawers, by
same method. Finished with felled seams and plain hem.
Material, bleached muslin.
EIGHTH YEAR.
First Quarter.
Note. No purely "practice work" is done in the first
quarter. Garments are drafted, cut, and made. The
drafting is done by the "Gingles Method."
All equipment and material is furnished
by the pupils. The garments and all other articles made,
are the property of the makers. Exactness is the highest
aim.
Garments made in the first quarter:
(a) Plain shirt-waist.
(b) Trimmed corset cover.
Material, selected by parents.
Second Quarter.
The Introduction of the Sewing Machine: One
machine, only, for each school having a class which has com-
pleted the two previous years' work
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Drills:
(a) In the general manipulation of the machine.
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Material, striped ticking (■ )• Cotton batting. Size
9 1-2x8 1-4 in.
SEVENTH YEAR.
1. Enrollment: Assignment of individual equip-
ment.
2-3. Rapid Review of all the stitches taught in the
first quarter of the sixth year's work.
Material, unbleached muslin, cut 6x12 in., folded in
the middle crosswise. White thread. No. 50. Needles,
sharps. No. 8. This one piece to suffice for the review.
4-5-6. Apron: The straight apron, gathered into a
band. Three tucks and a hem at the bottom. No other
adornment. Size, adapted to pupil.
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Material, India Linon (*). Needles and thread
adapted by the teacher.
7-8. Handkerchief; Hemstitching. The untrimmed
hemstitched handkerchief.
Material, India Linon, (*). Size, 10 x 10 in. before
hemming.
9. Table Napkins: The linen hem.
Material, Linen or mercerized cotton, (*). Size, de-
cided by parents. Hem, 3-16 inch wide.
10. Buttonholes: One review lesson. A square ended,
barred, tailored buttonhole.
Material, Bleached muslin, strips cut 12 x 3 inches,
folded lengthwise in the middle, edges turned in and over-
sewed.
Buttonholes cut crosswise the piece, two inches apart.
A grade contest for the best buttonholes.
11. Patching: Matching stripes. The felled patch.
Material, any kind of light weight striped goods, (*).
All goods must be clean. Piece cut 6 x 6 inches.
12. Darning:
Material, Silk, cotton, linen, or woolen goods, (*).
Thread, silk or darning cotton adapted to the cloth, also the
needles. Darning of the cut, the tear, the worn hole.
13. Darning:
Material, Cotton or woolen stockings, (*). These
must be freshly washed and scalded, if they have been worn.
Needles; etc., adapted to material.
14. The Felled Seam.'
Material, bleached muslin. Piece cut 6 x 6 incheso
Two seams.
15. The French Seam:
Material, as in previous lesson. Two seams.
16-24. Drafting, Cutting, and Making a petticoat,
usmg the Gingles" method. (See * ad." in this book).
Material, bleached muslin, (*).
(a) Measurement.
(b) Drafting to same measurement.
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(c) Drafting to individual measurements.
(d) Cutting.
(e) Fitting.
(0 Making.
Petticoat made with fourth-inch felled seams, back-and-
fore stitched; finished with plain hem.
25-28. Drafting, Cutting, and Making a stven
{ored dress-skirt, using the same method.
Material, calico or gingham, (*). Skirt finished with
the French seam (not back-stitched), and a plain hem.
29'33. Drafting, Cutting, and Making shirt-waist
(same method).
Material, calico, gingham, or white goods, selected by
the parents (*). Waists plainly finished. Barred button-
holes.
34. Drafting, Cutting, and Making drawers, by
same method. Finished with felled seams and plain hem.
Material, bleached muslin.
EIGHTH YEAR.
First Quarter.
Note. No purely "practice work" is done in the first
quarter. Garments are drafted, cut, and made. The
drafting is done by the "Gingles Method."
All equipment and material is furnished
by the pupils. The garments and all other articles made,
are the property of the makers. Exactness is the highest
aim.
Garments made in the first quarter:
(a) Plain shirt-waist.
(b) Trimmed corset cover.
Material, selected by parents.
Second Quarter.
The Introduction of the Sewing Machine: One
machine, only, for each school having a class which has com-
pleted the two previous years' work
SEWING 149
Drills:
(a) In the general manipulation of the machine.