Care and Repair of Clothes
Show examples of successful repairing.
Try some of the methods of cleaning. (See, also Chemistry of the Household pages 73-84.)
(Select answers to Test Questions on Part III and send them to the School, with report on Meetings V and VI.)
INDEX
Adulteration of linen, [87]
Alpaca, [90]
Altering sleeve patterns, [194]
Angora wool, [39]
Aniline dyes, [79]
Arrow heads, [123]
Back stitch, [112]
Basting, [108]
Bibliography, [103], [229]
Bleaching, [78]
Bobbin, [19]
Boning waist, [192]
Bow, the, [208]
Burling, [83]
Bust form, [168]
Button holes, [141]
large, [145]
making, [144]
Buttons, sewing on, [145]
Carding, [59]
Care of clothing, [219]
Cassimere twills, [73], [75]
Cat stitch, [116]
Catch stitch, [116]
Chain stitch, [116]
Checks, [213]
Children's clothes, [216], [217]
Cleaning, [59], [221]
Collars, [198]
putting on, [199]
Color in dress, [214]
Colors, mordant, [79]
Combing, [60]
Conventional designs, [213]
Costumes, references, [234]
Cotton, [29]
boles, [32]
fibers, [34]
Cotton goods, [85]
home of, [30]
Nankin, [34]
sea island, [30]
upland, [30]
Cross stitch, [120]
Cuffs, [196]
Cutting table, [168]
Darning, [155]
on machine, [158]
over net, [157]
Decorations, placing, [208]
Distaff, [12]
Double cloth, [77]
Draped waist, [192]
Drawing tapes, [140]
Dressmaking, [167]
Dyeing, [78]
home, [80]
Dyes, aniline, [79]
Dyestuffs, natural, [80]
Embroidery, [204]
as ornament, [204]
eyelet, [122]
shadow, [123]
stitches, [114]
Extension hem, [227]
Eyelet embroidery, [122]
Eyelets, [149]
Fabrics, [85]
list of, [96] -102
names of, [94]
primitive, [27]
width of, [93]
Facing, bias, [141]
skirt, [179]
Fastening the thread, [109]
Fastenings, [141]
Feather stitch, [118]
Fibers, [29]
cotton, [29]
flax, [43]
silk, [53]
wool, [37]
Finishes, [139]
Finishing skirt, [179]
seams, [196]
waist, [192]
Finishing, woolens, [83]
Fitting, [173], [193]
sleeves, [190]
waists, [190]
Flax, [43]
fibers, [47]
hackling, [44], [47]
Flocks, [83]
Folding garments, [220]
French hem, [127]
knots, [119]
seam, [131]
Fulling, [83]
Fur, [40]
Gathering, [111], [138]
Gathers, whipped, [127]
Gauging, [112]
Gigging, [83]
Gingham, [86]
Grease spots, [122]
Hand sewing, [107]
Harmony in dress, [215]
Harness, the, [70]
Heddle, [17]
Hemp, [50]
Hem stitch, [118]
Hems, [123]
bias, [124]
faced, [124]
flannel, [127]
French, [127]
folding, [123]
Hems, rolled, [126]
Herringbone stitch, [116]
Home dyeing, [80]
Hook and eyes, [147]
Hydroscopic moisture, [42]
Jacquard loom, [70]
Joining lace, [160]
Jute, [50]
Knit goods, [72]
Lace, design of, [208]
Laces, use of, [207]
Laundering, [225]
Lengthening garments, [226]
Linen, [86]
adulteration of, [87]
characteristics of, [47]
Lining, cutting, [188]
Loading silk, [56]
Looms, [17]
Colonial, [19], [21], [22]
development of, [19]
diagram of, [23]
fly shuttle, [26]
four harness, hand, [21]
Jacquard, [70]
Japanese, [20]
modern, [25], [69]
Navajo, [18]
Swedish hand, [24]
Loop stitch, [116]
Madder bleach, [78]
Machine darning, [158]
sewing, [162]
Mending, [83], [225]
Mitering embroidery, [158]
Modern methods, [59]
Mohair, [90]
Mordant colors, [79]
Muslin, [85]
Nankin cotton, [34]
Natural dyestuffs, [80]
Olona, [53]
Ornament, [203]
embroidery as, [204]
fitness of, [209]
flowers as, [205]
of textiles, [212]
Ornamental stitches, [108], [114]
Ornamentation, errors in, [204]
Outline stitch, [114]
Overcasting, [114], [142]
Oversewing, [113]
Packing clothing, [220]
Passementerie, [206]
Patching, [149]
Patterns, [171]
altering, [173]
cloth, [174]
lengthening, [173]
pinning, [176]
placing, [176]
selection of, [171]
testing, [174]
use of, [172]
Picking, [59]
Piled fabrics, [91]
Plackets, [135]
faced, [137]
Plaids, [213]
Plain material, [212]
Plush, [77]
Pressing, [201]
board, [168], [201]
wet, [202]
Primitive methods, [3]
Printing, [81]
block, [81]
machine, [81]
warps, [82]
Ramie, [50]
Raw silk, [56]
Reed, [19]
Reeling silk, [54]
Repairing, [225]
Retting flax, [45]
Roving, [61]
Running stitch, [110]
Sateen weave, [79]
Satin, [91]
stitch, [121]
Scouring agents, [41]
Sea island cotton, [30]
Seams, [128]
beaded, [131]
felled, [128]
flannel, [135]
French, [131]
lapped, [133]
slot, [131]
Serges, [88]
Seven-gored skirt, [172]
Sewing, hand, [107]
machine, [162]
Sewing machines, [162]
care of, [162]
types of, [162]
use of, [164]
Shadow embroidery, [123]
Sheep, [39]
Shirt waists, cutting, [182]
plan for making, [183]
Shuttle, [19]
Silk, [53]
artificial, [58]
boiling off, [56]
fiber, [53]
loading, [56], [90]
production, [53]
raw, [56]
twilled, [91]
Silk, wash, [91]
Silk worm, [54]
Silks, [90]
Singeing, [78]
Skirt, [172]
band, [179]