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    Simplified Systems of Sewing Styling - Lesson Six, Fittings
    Simplified Systems of Sewing Styling - Lesson Six, Fittings
    Simplified Systems of Sewing Styling - Lesson Six, Fittings
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    Simplified Systems of Sewing Styling - Lesson Six, Fittings

    By Doris Anderson

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    Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateSep 8, 2016
    ISBN9781473355392
    Simplified Systems of Sewing Styling - Lesson Six, Fittings
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    Doris Anderson

    Doris Anderson has taught thousands of students--many haunted by secrets just like Annie’s--during her long teaching career. When her own children were young, she learned how important horses can be for young people. Anderson has published plays to help teenagers with life issues. She lives in Southern California.

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      Simplified Systems of Sewing Styling - Lesson Six, Fittings - Doris Anderson

      Simplified Systems of Sewing and Styling

      IN TEN LESSONS        •      By DORIS ANDERSON

      Lesson 1 — SELECTION OF PATTERNS AND FABRICS

      Figure Analysis—Wardrobe Co-ordination

      Fabric Requirements—Essential Equipment for Sewing

      Lesson 2 — PATTERN ALTERATION

      Personal Measurement Chart

      Lesson 3 — CUTTING

      Effects of Cutting on Final Appearance of Garment

      Lesson 4 — ASSEMBLY OF GARMENT

      Seams, Darts, Tucks, Pleats, Gathers, Pressing Tailoring Suits and Coats

      Lesson 5 — BUTTONHOLES—POCKETS—NECK FINISHES

      Lesson 6 — FITTINGS—SHOULDER PADS—SLIDE FASTENERS

      Lesson 7 — SLEEVE FINISHES—SETTING IN SLEEVES—HEMS

      Lesson 8 — FINISHING COATS AND SUITS

      Linings

      Lesson 9 — PROFESSIONAL FINISHING DETAILS

      Lesson 10— ACCESSORIES, THEIR IMPORTANCE AND HOW TO PLAN THEM

      Mending—Restyling Garments

      Contents

      Lesson Six

      Shoulder Pads Fittings Side Closings

      Shoulder Pads

      The First Fitting

      The Second Fitting

      Closings: Slide Fasteners—Plackets

      Skirt-Top Finishes

      LESSON SIX

      Shoulder Pads • Fittings Side Closings

      THIS booklet, the sixth of a series of ten lessons on Sewing and Styling, tells you how to fit your garment so that it will have a professional, custom-made appearance. In it you will learn how to design and assemble well-fitted shoulder pads. You will also learn about the various types of slide fasteners and plackets which may be used for closings in your garments.

      If you have carefully studied and properly applied the scientific techniques outlined in previous booklets in this series, you will have no problem when you come to the fitting stage, for the steps that determine the fit and becomingness of the finished product will have been executed in their proper order. Three factors of major importance determine the success of dress, coat or suit: the fit, the selection of a becoming style and the step by step construction that molds the garment to the figure and camouflages figure faults. Actually the chief fitting problems should be solved before the garment is tried on.

      In Lesson One of this series you were taught how to determine the styles most becoming to you and how to camouflage the faults of your figure by the proper selection of lines and fabrics. An honest assessment of your figure and a proper application of these principles will assure you a becoming garment.

      Lesson Two showed you how fitting depends on pattern alteration. By first adjusting the pattern according to your requirements you will eliminate almost all fitting changes, and when the trying on stage is reached only minor adjustments need be made. So successful is this proved method of pattern alteration that a perfect fitting can be assured for any figure type.

      Lesson Three stressed the fact that the garment will hang properly only if the correct techniques of cutting are scrupulously followed. A garment cut incorrectly cannot be expected to fit well.

      Lesson Four demonstrated the molding of a garment to the lines of your body through actual construction and pressing. You learned to visualize the effect of each detail in relation to your own figure and to make necessary adjustments in the length of darts, etc.

      Lesson Five told you that major details of constructions should be completed before the fitting is done. If your pattern is correct in size and has been accurately adjusted to your figure you need have no fear of doing permanent stitching.

      Make Adjustments First: A garment cannot be fitted correctly by basting the parts together and trying to adjust and shape them on the figure. When the garment is basted together, with the major details of its construction incomplete, you cannot visualize the true effect of its lines, nor can you accurately judge its fit. Vision and thought must be given to each detail of the garment throughout the whole process of its construction. For example, when excessive fullness is released in the waistline through the use of gathers it is unnecessary to wait for the final fitting to decide whether or not they are becoming. Decide during the construction stage whether or not the use of darts will make the garment more attractive.

      I know how to sew, but I cannot fit myself, is a statement women make over and over. Some of them have wholly false ideas about their fitting requirements, usually based on some past experience, the carelessly given opinion of

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