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 73 DRE88 PRACTICAL LESSONS IN TAILORING FOR HOME WORKERS AND OTHERS By M. PRINCE BROWNE Examiner in Dressmnking, Tailortns:, French Pattern Modelling, Millinery, and Plain Veedlf^vork 01 the Teachers in I mining at the University Colleges of Soufh Wales and Xfnnmoiithshire. Cardiff, the London Technical Examination Centre. etc Author of • Up-to-D ite Dressrutttng and Drafting" also " The Practical Work of Dressmaking and Tailoring^ THE APPLIANCES NECESSARY FOK TAILORINQ rriTi^.hi^hHi.h.r,i.[;.,r.hKi.r,..rH A tailor's goose can be bought at any good ironmonger's ; the price is according to the weight, costing from about 2S. 4d. Beeswax This is for waxing the thread used in working buttonholes, and for waxing til lih li XiH lLl ^ ill I Mil Diagrams 1 and 2 Tailor's Squares Two Squares are necessary (placed in the position denoted in diagrams i and 2) for drafting the seams of skirts and of long coats. The price of the squares is 2S. each. Diagram 3 Tailors' Chalk (White and Coloured), Tailors' chalk, used for marking out, can be obtained for about 3d. per dozen the best quality. r~o- Diagram 4 Tailor's Bodkin round after This is used for perfecting the hole at the end of a buttonhole it is worked. It can be bought at any tailor's trimming shop for id. Diagram 5 Tailor's Goose Two of these irons are necessary, weighing from 8 pounds to 12 pounds each. These are essential for the successful pressing of tailor-made garments — flat-irons are not sufficiently heavy. sewing silk to strengthen it. A piece of yellow wax, at id. or 2d., is sufficient, and can be had from any chemist or oilshop. The next appliances necessary are : Cutting-out Scissors Buttonhole Scissors Diagram 6 A Leather Punch This punch is used for cutting the round hole at the end of each buttonhole; also for cutting eyelet-holes. There are various-sized " points " for a punch ; No. 5 is the most useful. It can be obtained for IS. 6d. complete. Extra "points" can be had for 3d. each. A regular buttonhole punch is far more expensive, and not so useful as a leather punch and a pair of buttonhole scissors. We now require : Pins — Needles — Thimble Diagram 8 Sleeve Boards. Diagrams 7 and 8