CHAPTER I
EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS
Equipment
- Thimble
- Thread
- Needles
- Tape-measure
- Pins
- Tailor's chalk or pencil
- Milliner's pliers or wire cutters
- Scissors, large and small
- Paper for patterns
Thimble—good quality
Thread—Geneva lustre, black and white, number 36. Colored thread as needed.
Needles—assorted paper of milliner's needles, 8 to 10.
Tape-measure—of good quality sateen.
Tailor's chalk—white and dark blue.
Milliner's pliers—pliers which fit the hand, not too heavy, with blunt points, and sharp enough to cut a thread.