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 A COMPLETE COURSE IN DRESSMAKING

Fig, (22) Embroidering over loose machine stitching

on a dark blue coat. Often the motifs are matched exactly with the color of the suit.

Machine stitching can be used to speed up the embroidery. (See Fig. 22.) If you loosen the tension of your machine and lengthen the stitch, it is easy to loop fine braid, mercerized embroidery cotton or wool yarn through the stitches.

Knotted Braid: Two rows of rattail braid knotted closely, as shown in Fig. 23, makes a showy trimming. Use the knotted braid for parallel rows as you would plain braid. You will have to slip stitch it on by hand.

Pin Tucks: If your coat is to be trimmed with a small pocket or long tab, try pin tuck- ing the goods. This is an especially good trimming for serge, gabardine or twill. Fig. 24 shows a band and small pointed pocket pin- tucked.

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Fig. (23) Knotted trimming the pin tucks in cutting. [12]