e and not put tiny stitches by hand into half worn
garments or in unseen places. Ripped tucks and bands can be sewed in a
few minutes on the machine. Serviceable darning can be done on the
machine.

Before putting away freshly laundered clothes it is a good plan to take
out the clothes already in the drawers and lay the ones washed last on
the bottom, thus all garments will wear alike, each article in its
regular turn.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Home and School Sewing, Frances Patton, ($.60, postage 6c).

School Needlework, Olive C. Hapgood, ($.75, postage 6c).

Sewing Course for Schools, Mary Schenck Woolman, ($3.50, postage 20c).

Progressive Lessons in Needlework, Catherine F. Johnson, ($.90, postage
8c).

Sewing and Garment Drafting, Margaret L. Blair, ($1.25, postage 10c).

Manual of Exercises in Hand Sewing, Margaret L. Blair, ($1.25, postage
10c).

Dressmaking Up to Date, Butterick Pub. Co., ($.25, postage 8c).

Note: The above books may be borrowed, one at a time, by members of the
School. Send the postage given with request. They may be purchased if
desired.

TEST QUESTIONS

The following questions constitute the "written recitation" which the
regular members of the A. S. H. E. answer in writing and send in for the
correction and comment of the instructor. They are intended to emphasize
and fix in the memory the most important points in the lesson.

TEXTILES AND CLOTHING

PART III

READ CAREFULLY. To make this test of greatest value to you, write
fully from your personal standpoint and experience. Try as many
methods given in the text as your time will allow so that you may
ask for explanation if the descriptions are not clear to you.
Methods are many; if you do not agree with these given, suggest
better ones.

1. (a) What are the requisites for good dressmaking? (b) How does
dressmaking differ from white sewing in make, finish, and ornamentation?

2. From your point of view what do you consider a successful garment?

3. Give methods of altering patterns.

4. Give briefly the cutting and making of a wool garment from patterns:
(a) waist, (b) sleeve, (c) skirt, (d) collar, including methods of
stitching, pressing and finish, stating how patterns should be placed on
lining and outside materials.

5. How may pressing be done to give the best results? What garments
require little or no pressing, and why?

6. (a) State some of the principles and purposes of o