YOUR OWN DRESSMAKING
DRESSMAKING AND CUTTING OUT. By K. D. Woodgate. Whitcombe & Tombs, HAVE you ever looked in a shop win-| dow, seen a lovely piece of material, and wished that you could take it home and turn it into a smart frock for yourself? This little book tells you how to do just that. The author, who is teacher of Senior Dressmaking at Waitaki Girls’ High School, has had years of practical experience of dressmaking both as a teacher and as a mother. Her aim is to provide a simple, efficient method of cutting and making garments. The most) inexperienced home dressmaker would have no difficulty in following the instructions, as they show how to draft patterns to individual measurements, with diagrams covering every phase of the making of a dress. Hints on patching, smocking, etc., are also given, so. that the book can be fairly called invaluable to any woman. i a
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 304, 20 April 1945, Page 17
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154YOUR OWN DRESSMAKING New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 304, 20 April 1945, Page 17
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