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

Skirt binding, 180
braid,