Fifth Seriet. No. 7
Decen.be> 6. 1913
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Outline of a Course
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Elementary Clothing and
Handwork
By RUTH PENFIELD SILL
Instructor in Household Arts, Teachers College
Columbia University
Technical Education Bulletin, No. 21
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OUTLINE OF A COURSE IN ELEMENTARY
CLOTHING AND HANDWORK
This bulletin presents in outline the subject matter included
in the course, Elementary Clothing and Handivork, scheduled in
the School of Practical Arts Announcement as Clothing 5. It is
intended to serve as an outline for students following this course
until such time as the course is published in full in book form.
Content of Course:
The course includes the following topics: Use and care of
the sewing machine and its attachments; making of stitches and
seams by hand and machine; drafting and adaptation of patterns;
cutting, fitting and finishing of undergarments; knitting, crochet-
ing and simple embroidery. As planned, the course is not suit-
able for use, as a whole, in elementary or secondary schools. The
following outline shows that it covers, as far as possible, the
entire field of simple hand and machine sewing necessary for an
instructor in elementary, secondary, and normal schools, colleges,
and Y. W. C. A. courses, but the proper application, however,
as a whole or in part, to these various institutions is not attempted
in the course itself. This application is given in detail in the
School of Education, in the course Household Arts Education
57-58—Theory and Practice of Teaching Household Arts.
Aim of the Course:
The aim of the course is the acquirement of technical effici-
ency in the following particulars:
1. Skill and speed in hand and machine sewing, by practice
(a) in the handling of materials
(b) in the use of tools, etc.
2. Artistic and economic appreciation of all the problems
involved.
(a) Artistic appreciation by application of the principles
of design to spacing and proportion in the orna-
mentation of garments. These topics are treated
more fully in the course Household Arts Design—
Household Arts II.
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(a) Suggested materials: Nainsook, Berkeley cambric,
longcloth.
(b) Suggested trimmings: Embroidery beading, narrow
lace edges—Torchon, French and German Valen-
ciennes, Cluny.
2. Various methods of making,—determined by (a) pur-
pose intended, (b) materials used, (c) time to be spent.
3. Cost.
II. Pattern.
1. Adaptation of shirt-waist pattern—Teachers College
draft used.

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Diagram showing corset cover lines.
Front, (b)
AB = 4" average depth of neck.
BC = 3" or any desired fullness for plait, hem, tucks,
etc.
CD = line parallel to AA, extending from neck-line
to waist-line.


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Problem 4. Making a night-gown from a shirt-waist pattern;
set-in sleeve required. Much freedom given in choice of
design.
I. Preliminary discussion.
1. Materials and trimmings.
(a) Suggested materials: nainsook, longcloth, Berkeley
cambric.
(b) Suggested trimmings: lace edge, embroidery beading.
2. Various methods of making.
3. Cost.
II. Sleeve draft. Teachers College draft used.
III. Tucking.
1. Planning for tucks.
2. Making: by hand, by machine.
IV. Cutting.
1. Cut two lengths, each equal to distance from highest
point on shoulder to floor plus desired width of hem.
2. Fold pieces lengthwise through center. Place shirt-waist
pattern as shown in diagram, if gown be gathered back
and front.
3. The amount of fullness desired at neck varies according
to fineness of material, personal taste, etc. An average
amount is 2^"-3" on each side of front, and 2" on each
side of back.
4. Average fullness at bottom is 2l/\ yards. The seams
hang straight if front be made a few inches wider than
back.
5. is added at the top of the underarm seam to enlarge
arm's eye. Seam curved 94" at waist line.





COURSE IN ELEMENTARY CLOTHING AND HANDWORK
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Diagram, showing night-gown gathered front and back, material
36" wide, cut from a shirt-waist pattern. The fullness may be tucked
instead of gathered—in that case, the tucking is done before cutting
out.