A Complete Course in Dressmaking/Lesson 2/Test questions
TEST QUESTIONS
Here are some test questions to enable you to see what progress you are making in your study. Go over them carefully and write out the answers to each one and then compare your written answers with the book to see if they are correct.
How much seam allowance do you plan when an edge is to be bound?
Is it necessary to finish an edge before putting on rickrack braid?
How do you make a waistline apron hang smoothly?
How do you allow for a piecing in laying the pattern on the goods?
How do you cut a pretty neckline?
How do you make a pocket stand away from the material?
What is the foundation of a block pattern?
How do you make a kimono sleeve smaller?
How do you find the length of an apron or dress in the front and back?
How do you know what width to allow for the bottom of skirt or apron?
All the detailed information in this Lesson II can be used over and over again in making garments of all kinds. The directions for edges and mitered corners, for the making of pockets, waistbands and strings, for finding the individual lengths of aprons and dresses and depths of the neckline in front and back, the sloping of the top of the aprons and hems, with the block patterns and kimono sleeves, are used in some way in almost every garment. And now that the secrets of the foundation pattern and use of blocks patterns are revealed to you and the main points of finishing edges, necks and hems, you are ready to see garments with a larger vision and a more understanding eye, so that articles which have seemed intricate and far beyond your skill in the shops and magazines will wear a very different air when you know how to copy them.
The following book, Lesson III, will be on the fascinating subject of undergarments, and you will readily see, as you study this lesson, how much of Lesson II applies on the new one. You will find that you can easily make your nightdresses and chemises from your block pattern, and the finishing edges will be used many times in making these dainty and individual garments.
