The Workwoman's GuideContaining instructions to the inexperienced in cutting out and completing those articles of wearing apparel, &c., which are usually made at home; also, explanations on upholstery, straw-platting, bonnet-making, knitting, &c. |
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arm-hole band bed furniture body bonnet bottom breadths button-hole buttons calico cambric Child chintz cloth collar colour corner cotton crown curtains depth dimity double knitting dress edge F to G fastened five nails flannel flannel band folded four nails frill fringe front gathered gores gown gussets half a nail head-piece hemmed huckaback Knit three lace Length linen lining loop middle muslin nail deep nails long nails wide narrow neat neatly neck needle number of stitches pattern piece pinafore piping plain row plaits PLAT PLATE 13 PLATE 21 pretty quarter ribbon ribs round runners satin SCALE seams selvage selvage-way sewed sewn shape shirt shoulder shoulder-piece shoulder-straps side silk six nails skirt sleeve slit sloped soft Space Space from F square straight strong tape thread three nails turn waist wash Width of ditto wool worn wristband yard