Dressmaking 
 
 
    After all the padding which seems necessary has been 
  added, the lining is put on the form once more and care- 
  fully smoothed into place. The form must be firm and the 
  correct shape. If not, the lining must be taken off once 
  more and the padding rearranged or more added as is 
  necessary. 
    (ii) Collar.-It is frequently difficult to pad the collar 
  successfully or to keep the padding in place once it is ar- 
  ranged. A piece of stiff paper may be used in addition to 
  the padding. If it is cut wider than the collar, and the cor- 
  rect length, and is placed between collar and padding, it will 
  usually keep the collar stretched into shape and free from 
  wrinkles. 
    Both the waist and the collar, when satisfactorily ar- 
  ranged on the form, should be sewed together along the 
  centre-back line with rather long stitches. Pins are some- 
  times used, but they catch in the designing fabrics and 
  are not convenient. 
    (2) Tight-Fitting Sleeve. Making and Padding. 
    (a) Making.--One sleeve, the right, is prepared. A pat- 
  tern of the tight-fitting sleeve is drafted to the required 
  measures. A lining is then cut from this pattern and care- 
  fully basted, fitted, and stitched. (See Drafting.) This 
  lining should not be permanently attached to the waist. 
  It is often in the way when work is going on, or it may 
  be required for separate sleeve-designing. If the armseye 
  line is plainly marked in the sleeve and the waist, and the 
  positions for the correct placing of the sleeve indicated in 
  the sleeve and the waist, it can be either basted or pinned 
  in when needed. 
    (b) Padding.-The sleeve must be very firmly padded 
  with tissue-paper or with curled hair. To keep the padding 
  in place it is necessary to cover the sleeve at the armseye 
  line or top and also at the wrist with an extra piece of 
  material. 
    (3) Skirt.-As has been said, if the tight-fitting waist 
is cut to extend io" below the waist and is well padded, a 
  skirt is not really necessary. 
    Without a skirt the form is frequently more satisfactory 
 
 
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