- Adulteration:
- by combination, [280]
- by weighting, [279].
- in finishing, [281].
- Albatross, [210].
- Alpaca, [213].
- Ammonium phosphate for outing flannel, [9].
- Aniline dyes, [134].
- Apparel:
- choosing, [242].
- Apron:
- attaching the yoke, [37]-[39].
- basting skirt part, [33].
- cutting skirt part, [31].
- cutting yoke part, [33].
- gathering top of, [36].
- hemming sides and bottom, [36].
- material for, [7].
- planning pattern for yoke, [32].
- planning to make, [31]-[33].
- sewing seams of, [34]-[36].
- the sewing, [127], [128].
- useful, [129].
- "Artistic appreciation" in dress, [254]-[255].
- Attaching an apron yoke, [38].
- Basting:
- corset cover, [106].
- gores of petticoat, [104].
- hemmed patch, [173].
- skirt of apron, [33].
- stitch, [20].
- Bathing, [91].
- Bean bags, making, [29].
- Bean bag board, [29].
- Bean bag game, [29], [30].
- Bias bands, to finish, [99].
- Bias strip, cutting and placing, [24]-[25].
- Birdseye, [62], [183].
- Blankets, [214].
- Blanket stitch:
- how to make, [138].
- uses of, [44], [138], [141].
- Bleaching linen cloth, [195].
- Bloomers:
- bands for, [217].
- making, [215]-[217].
- material to use for, [202].
- pattern for, [201].
- Bluing, [190].
- Bobbin, [67], [68].
- Boiling linen, [190].
- Brilliantine, [213].
- Broadcloth, [211].
- Brocaded satin, [124].
- Brushing clothes, [157].
- Bunting, [213].
- Butchers' linen, [183].
- Button, sewing on, [45].
- Buttonhole:
- fan and bar ends, [43].
- finishing, [44].
- overcasting, [41], [42].
- placing, [40].
- practice in making, [39].
- stitch, [42], [43].
- turning corner, [43].
- Buying:
- garments, [271]-[278].
- materials, [276]-[278].
- points about, [197]-[199].
- Calico, [7].
- Cambric, [60].
- Canton flannel, [8].
- Carding:
- by hand, [76]-[77].
- cotton, [72], [74].
- wool, [222]-[224].
- Caring for clothes, [155]-[174].
- Carpets, [214].
- Cashmere, [210].
- Catch stitch, how to make, [150]-[152].
- Chain stitch, [119].
- Challis, [210].
- Chambray, [7].
- Cheesecloth, use of, [9].
- Cheviot, [209].
- Chiffon, [125].
- China silk, [125].
- Chintz, use of, [9].
- Cleanliness of body, [89]-[92].
- Cloth:
- how made, [74]-[76], [132]-[137], [191]-[196], [218]-[224].
- how pattern is made in, [285].
- Clothes:
- appropriate, [251].
- brushing, [157].
- care of, [155]-[163].
- choosing and wearing, [249], [250].
- removing stains and spots from, [158].
- things to learn about caring for, [156].
- why important, [3].
- Clothespin bag, [149]-[152].
- Clothing:
- budget, [230]-[236].
- color for, [256]-[259].
- expense of for a year, [230].
- for body at night, [89]-[92].
- helps save body heat, [91].
- important things about wearing, [242].
- night, aired during day, [90].
- points about buying, [229].
- ready-made, [271]-[272].
- relation to health, [240]-[248].
- selecting healthful, [244].
- several layers of, warmer than one thick layer, [92].
- things to think about in choosing, [242].
- what to do with, at night, [89].
- what to remember, in purchasing wool, [224]-[229].
- why air at night, [89].
- why changed at night, [90]-[92].
- why we wear, [241].
- Clothing budget, [230]-[236].
- Cluny lace, [93].
- Cocoons, grown for silk, [109]-[114].
- Colored silks, [133].
- Colors:
- choice of, [256]-[260].
- for clothing, [256].
- for a hat, [266].
- "grayed," [256]-[257].
- intensity of, [257].
- learning to combine, [259]-[260].
- to bring out one's characteristics, [256]-[258].
- Commercial pattern, how to use, [46]-[53].
- Consumer's League, [275].
- Corsets, [245].
- Corset cover:
- how to make, [106].
- material for, [106].
- nainsook for, [105].
- Corticelli cocoons, [113].
- Costume:
- a background, [253].
- a work of art, [252].
- artistic, [254]-[255].
- studying lines of, [261].
- Cotton:
- baled and shipped, [16].
- carding, [72], [74].
- fibers, [7], [14].
- how grown, [12].
- how spun, [74], [75].
- loom for weaving, [66].
- picking, [13].
- seeds taken from fiber, [1].
- spinning, [72]-[77].
- use of, [65].
- use of seeds, [15].
- varieties of, [17].
- weaving, [66]-[71].
- where grown, [11]-[12].
- Cotton cloth, how woven, [66]-[71].
- Cotton crêpe, [60].
- Cotton fibers, magnified, [14].
- Cotton flannel, varieties of, [8].
- Cotton ginning, [15].
- Cotton materials, [7]-[10], [59]-[62], [101].
- Cotton plant, [12].
- Cousin Ann:
- her clothes budget, [230]-[236].
- how she cares for her clothes, [156]-[163], [249].
- what she learned about dress, [251]-[256].
- what she told about silk, [133]-[137].
- Covert cloth, [211].
- Crêpe de Chine, [123].
- Cretonne, use of, [9].
- Crinoline, use of, [9].
- Cross-stitch:
- design for, [144].
- gifts made from, [146].
- how to make, [144], [145].
- use of, [143]-[146].
- Damask, [183].
- Darning, straight tears, [163]-[166].
- Darning stitch:
- for stockings, [167]-[169].
- for straight tears, [163], [166].
- how made, [152]-[153].
- where to use, [166].
- Decorating, stitches used for, [118]-[121].
- (See also Embroidery stitches.)
- Denims, [8], [10].
- Dimity, [60].
- Dress:
- artistic appreciation in, [254]-[255].
- colors for, [258].
- personal characteristics in relation to, [256]-[257].
- spacing and arrangement of lines, [255].
- use of colors, [255].
- Dress Skirt:
- laying and cutting pattern, [238].
- making, [238]-[239].
- pattern for, [236]-[238].
- Duck, [61].
- Dyeing silk, [134]-[135].
- Ellen H. Richards House, [291].
- Embroidery stitches:
- blanket stitch, [138]-[141].
- catch stitch, [150]-[152].
- chain stitch, [119].
- cross-stitch, [143]-[146].
- featherstitch, [119], [120], [129], [130].
- outline stitch, [121].
- Embroidered patterns, [288].
- Etamine, [213].
- Eyelets, [270].
- Factory, silk, [137].
- Featherstitch:
- how made, [119], [120].
- use for, [129], [130].
- Felt, [212].
- Fibers:
- cotton, [7], [14].
- flax, [180].
- silk, [111], [132].
- wool, [205]-[207], [226].
- Filling thread, [66].
- Flannel, [212].
- Flat felled seam, [216].
- Flax:
- breaking, [179].
- combing and spinning, [191].
- cultivation an ancient industry, [180]-[181].
- fiber, [6], [180].
- hackling, [193].
- how grown, [176].
- rippling and retting, [177]-[179].
- rippling by hand, [178].
- rovings, [193].
- seeds, [184].
- what is the, plant, [175].
- wheel, [76], [192].
- where grown, [175].
- Flocks, [228].
- Folding table linen, [190].
- Foulard silk, [123].
- Free-hand pattern, [46].
- French seam:
- how to make, [87]-[88].
- use of, [86]-[88].
- Galatea, [62].
- Garments:
- buying, [271], [278].
- criticize your own, [251].
- points to consider in buying ready-made, [272]-[276].
- Gauge, for hem, [36].
- "German Val," [94]-[97].
- Gifts:
- aprons, [129].
- bag, [127].
- clothespin bag, [149]-[152].
- darning-case, [117].
- guest towel, [146].
- needle book, [117].
- pin-case, [116], [117].
- sewing apron, [127].
- sewing-case, [118].
- spool-case, [117].
- useful cases, [130].
- Gingham, [7], [10].
- Grenadine, [213].
- Guest towel, [146].
- Hair, care of, [262]-[264].
- Hamburg edging, [101], [103].
- Handkerchief, linen, [182].
- Handmade garments, [57]-[58].
- Hanging table linen, [190].
- Hat
- becoming, [266]-[267].
- color, [266].
- how to wear, [267].
- selecting, [262].
- shape and lines of, [264]-[265].
- trimming for, [267].
- Health:
- clothing in relation to, [240]-[248].
- underwear effects, [245]-[247].
- Heels, [162].
- Hem:
- gauge for, [36].
- making on nightdress, [88].
- turning around neck of nightdress, [98].
- Hemmed patch, how to make, [171], [174].
- Hemming stitch:
- for hemmed patch, [171].
- how made, [19]-[22].
- why useful, [19].
- Hemstitch:
- different from hemming stitch, [147].
- how to make, [147]-[148].
- Henrietta, [210].
- Herringbone stitch, [150].
- Herringbone weave, [149].
- Holder:
- finishing, [27].
- planning, cutting, and basting, [24].
- Homespun, [210].
- Huckaback, [62], [183].
- Indian head, [61].
- Ironing, [189], [190].
- Jacquard Loom, [124].
- Javelle water, [187].
- Kimono night dress, [64].
- Knitting machine, [167].
- Lace:
- cluny, [93].
- German Val, [94], [96].
- kinds of, [93], [96].
- made by hand, [96].
- names and retail prices of, [94]-[95].
- other ways to finish instead of using, [97].
- sewing on, [97]-[99].
- torchon, [93], [95].
- valenciennes, [94], [97].
- Lady's cloth, [211].
- "Latest style," [251].
- Lawn, [61].
- Linen:
- bleaching, cloth, [195].
- finishing, cloth for shipping, [195].
- kinds of, [182]-[184].
- manufacture of, [191]-[196].
- weaving, [194].
- where grown, [175].
- (See Flax.)
- Linen canvas, [183].
- Linen laces, [93], [96].
- Linen materials:
- adulteration in, [280].
- how identified, [181]-[182].
- kinds of, [182]-[183].
- Linen sheeting, [182].
- Linens:
- how to wash and iron, [188]-[190].
- points to be noticed in buying, [196]-[199].
- Linseed oil, [184].
- Loom:
- for weaving cotton, [66]-[68].
- hand, [67], [70], [71].
- "in days gone by," [68].
- in factory, [69].
- Jacquard, [124].
- primitive, [68], [71].
- Luna moth, [111].
- Materials:
- adulterated, [279], [280].
- buying, [276]-[278].
- for apron, [31].
- for bloomers, [202].
- for underwear, [101], [106].
- from cotton, [7]-[10].
- from wool, [209]-[214].
- linen, [182]-[184].
- silk, [123]-[126].
- weighted, [279].
- Measurements:
- how to take, [49]-[50].
- Melton, [211].
- Middy blouse, how to make, [268]-[271].
- Mohair, [213].
- Moire silk, [125].
- Mull, [61].
- Muslin, [59].
- Nainsook, [59].
- Nightdress:
- cutting, [78].
- french-seam, [86]-[89].
- making hem of, [88].
- material for, [63].
- placing pattern, [78].
- trimming, [98].
- Nun's veiling, [212].
- Organzine, [133].
- Outing flannel, [9].
- Outline stitch, [121].
- Overcasting buttonhole, [41], [42].
- Overhanding stitch, [28]-[30].
- Pageant, [200].
- Parts of sewing machine, [80]-[83].
- Patch (See Hemmed patch).
- Pattern:
- embroidered, [288].
- for bloomers, [201].
- for petticoat, [102].
- how made in cloth, [285].
- how woven, [285].
- laying for bloomers, [215].
- laying nightdress, [79].
- opening and reading, [47]-[48].
- opening and studying, [201].
- printed, [286].
- sending for, [47].
- to change, [51].
- to lengthen, [51].
- Percales, [7], [10].
- Petticoat:
- learning to make, [103]-[105].
- making, for children, [53]-[55].
- material for, [101], [102].
- pattern for, [102].
- planning and cutting, [48]-[52].
- Pincase, [116]-[118].
- Placket, [105].
- Pongee, [125].
- Porch cushion, [140]-[141].
- Pressing suits, and skirts, [157].
- Printing cloth, [287].
- Protecting clothes, [161].
- Raw silk, [115].
- Removing stains and spots, [158], [185]-[189].
- Rinsing, [190].
- Rubbers, [162].
- Ruffle, making for petticoat, [104].
- Running and backstitch, [34].
- Running stitch, [165], [168], [169].
- Russian crash, [139], [182].
- Samplers, [143].
- Samples for toweling, [6].
- Satin, [123].
- Scalloped edge, [142].
- Seams, sewing with running and backstitch, [35].
- Serge, [209].
- Sewing, an art, [3].
- Sewing apron, [127]-[129].
- Sewing case, [118].
- Sewing machine:
- how to regulate, [83].
- how to run, [84]-[86].
- how to thread, [84]-[86].
- invented, [81].
- kinds of, [81].
- parts of, [81]-[83].
- things to remember about stitching with, [85].
- Sewing on lace insertion or edging, [97].
- Shearing sheep, [204]-[206].
- Shears, [205].
- Sheep, [204].
- Sheep industry, [205].
- Shoes:
- buying, [243].
- care of, [162].
- Shuttle, [67]-[68].
- Silhouette, [254], [255], [261].
- Silk:
- cocoons grown for, [112].
- dyeing, [133]-[135].
- fibers, [111], [132].
- how produced, [109].
- kinds of, [122]-[126].
- moths, [109].
- names of, [122]-[126].
- raw, [114]-[115].
- reeling, [114].
- throwing, [132]-[133].
- weaving by hand, [136]-[137].
- weighting, [135], [279]-[280].
- where manufactured, [131].
- winding, [133].
- Silk-scraps, articles made from, [116]-[122].
- Silkworm:
- life story of, [109]-[112].
- where grown, [110].
- Sizing:
- test for, [281].
- Skirt pattern, [47].
- Skirts:
- changing and lengthening pattern for, [50], [51].
- pressing, [157].
- to cut, [51], [52].
- to make, [53]-[55].
- Soap bark, [158].
- Soap solution, [158].
- Spinning, method of:
- in modern factory, [73], [227].
- primitive, [71].
- Spinning:
- cotton, [72]-[77].
- flax, [191]-[194].
- silk (See silk throwing).
- wool, [225]-[228].
- Spinning wheel:
- for flax, [75].
- for wool, [74].
- Sprinkling linen, [190].
- Stains:
- blood, [187].
- coffee, [186].
- fruit, [186].
- grass, [187].
- how removed, [185].
- ink, [187].
- tea, [186].
- when to be removed, [185].
- Stitches for decorating, [118]-[120].
- (See Embroidery stitches.)
- Stitching stitch:
- making, [25]-[26].
- other uses of, [27].
- use of, [23].
- Stockinet, [167].
- Stockings:
- darning, [167]-[169].
- how made, [167].
- kind to buy, [170].
- sewing rips in, [170].
- Studying lines, [261].
- Studying values, [255], [257], [259].
- Suits, pressing, [157].
- Table runner, [139].
- Taffeta, [122].
- Tears, learning to darn, [163]-[166].
- Textiles:
- for apron, [7], [8].
- weighted, [279].
- Textile sample books, [8].
- Textile surprise book, [10].
- Textile surprise box, opening, [58].
- Textile test:
- burning, [282].
- chemical, [284].
- for combination, [280].
- for fading, [283].
- for finishing, [281].
- for shrinkage, [284].
- for sizing, [281].
- for strength, [283].
- with microscope, [282].
- Threading and running a machine, [84]-[86].
- Ticking, [10], [149].
- Torchon lace, [93], [95].
- Toweling, material for, [6].
- Towels, material for, [6]-[7].
- "Tram", [133].
- Tweed, [210].
- Underwear:
- cotton material for, [101].
- relation to health, [245]-[247].
- Uses of lace, [93]-[97].
- Valenciennes lace, [94], [96].
- Velvet, [125].
- Voile, [212].
- Warp thread, [67]-[68].
- Washing and ironing, the process for, [189]-[190].
- Weaving:
- by hand, with simple loom, [67].
- cotton, [69].
- in modern factory, [69].
- Japanese girl, [69]-[70], [136].
- linen, [194].
- patterns in cloth, [285].
- silk, [124], [136]-[137]
- wool, [226]-[228].
- Well-dressed, what it means to be, [250]-[255].
- White petticoat, [101]-[102].
- Wool:
- blended, [221].
- carder, [223].
- carding, [222].
- carding by hand, [76]-[77].
- fibers, [205], [226].
- how made into cloth, [218]-[228].
- material made from, [209]-[215].
- sheared from sheep, [206].
- sorted, [218].
- spinning, [225]-[228].
- quality of, [207].
- variety of fibers, [207].
- washing or scouring, [220].
- where grown, [203]-[204].
- why it varies, [208].
- Wool clothing, facts to remember about purchasing, [224]-[229].
- Woolen garments:
- points about buying, [229].
- washing, [158].
- Wool Voile, [213].
- Woolen yarns, [225].
- Workbag, [127].
- Worsted yarns, [225].
- Yarn:
- spinning of cotton into, [72]-[77].
- woolen and worsted, [225].
- Yoke:
- attaching, [38].
- cutting, apron, [33].
- making for apron, [37].
- placing the lining, [39].
- planning pattern for apron, [32].
Printed in the United States of America.
Transcriber notes:
P.242. "5." changed to '3.".
P.262. 'characterisics' changed to 'characteristics'.