Devereaux's actual measure system by Devereaux C. A

Author:Devereaux, C. A. [from old catalog]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Dressmaking
Publisher: [St. Paul, Minn., Brown & Treacy, printers]
Published: 1883-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

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IIOIV TO ENtiREE FROM DESIGNS IN FISHION HOOK.

First.—Select the figure to be enlarged. If represented in full length, measure from the waist line in front the entire length of the skirt (for example, four inches.)

Second.—Find the actual length of the skirt to be drafted (for instance, 36 inches.)

Third.—Divide 36 by 4, which gives you 9; this last number indicates the relative proportion between the pattern to be drafted and its representative in the fashion book, and should be used as a multiplier to find the size of pattern desired. For example: the length of skirt (in the book) is four inches; this multiplied by 9 gives 36 inches, the full length when enlarged.

If the plaiting or ruffle on the figure measures one-half inch, multiply this by 9, which will give you 4^, the actual depth of full size.

If the garment in the book is not given in full length, but only a part of the same, first find the length down the center of front; next ascertain the length of the corresponding part to be drafted. For example: if the length of the waist in the book is two inches, and the length of the waist to be drafted is 12 inches, then divide the 12 by 2, which gives you 6, the number to be used as a multiplier in finding the size desired, in the same manner as described in the previous example. It is advisable, however, for amateurs to confine their first efforts in enlarging from the fashion book to whole numbers, unless versed in fractions.

Address. —A man who knows the world will not only make the most of everything he does know, but of many things he does not know, and will gain more credit by his adroit mode of hiding his ignorance than the pedant by his awkward attempt to exhibit his erudition.— Colion.

Give a boy address and accomplishments, and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes. He has not the trouble of earning or owning them; they solicit him to enter and possess.— Emerson.

Adversity. —It is often better to have a great deal of harm happen to one than a little; a gi'eat deal may rouse you to remove what a little will only accustom you to endure.—GreviUe.

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