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_Keep a part of each sample for comparison._
(Select a composite set of answers to the Test Questions on Part I and send to the School, with report on the supplemental work done and Meetings I and II.)
MEETING III
(Study pages 107-123)
SEWING: PLAIN St.i.tCHES
Send to manufacturers for samples showing the process of manufacture of pins, needles, etc.
Demonstrate different ways of making the same st.i.tches; discuss best methods.
EMBROIDERY
Show how all the embroidery st.i.tches are made.
Get up an exhibit of all kinds of embroidery, including Oriental, j.a.panese, old samplers, etc.
Have members make Model I, First Series.
_References:_
Home and School Sewing, by Patton. ($0.60, postage 6c.)
School Needlework, by Hapgood. ($0.75, postage 6c.)
Manual of Exercise in Hand Sewing, by Blair. ($1.25, postage 10c.)
_Topic:_
Educational Value of Sewing in the Public Schools.
Methods. See "A Sewing Course," by Mary S. Woolman, Introduction ($3.50, postage 20c.), and "The Teaching of Domestic Science in the United States of America," by Alice Ravenhill, pages 9-10, 43-46.
($0.75, postage 12c.)
MEETING IV
(Study pages 123-165)
HEMS, SEAMS, FASTENINGS, DARNING, PATCHING
Have all members make models II, III, IV, and V.
Previously a.s.sign members to furnish models or examples of all other hems, seams, fastenings, patches, darns, etc., ill.u.s.trated or described in the text, and as many more as possible.
MACHINE SEWING
Get the local sewing machine agent to give a demonstration of the workings of the attachments of the machine.
(Select models and answers to Test Questions on Part II and send them to the School, with a report of Meetings III and IV.)
MEETING V
(Study pages 167-200)
DRESSMAKING
Get the local dry-goods or department store to lend different kinds of dress forms.
Show how patterns are altered to suit the figure. (See text and "Dressmaking Up to Date.")
As many as possible cut out and begin making a simple s.h.i.+rt-waist or skirt. Show finished garment at next meeting, giving accurate account of cost and time spent.
_References:_
Dressmaking Up to Date, The b.u.t.terick Co. ($0.25, postage 8c.)
Sewing and Garment Drafting, by Margaret L. Blair. ($1.25, postage 12c.)
MEETING VI
(Study pages 205-228)
CONSTRUCTION AND ORNAMENT IN DRESS; COLOR
Collect ill.u.s.trations showing good and faulty ornamentation.
Procure samples of fabrics showing good and faulty ornamentation.
Make a color card showing contrast and harmony of color. (See Question 11.)
_References_: See list on pages 234 and 235.
CHILDREN'S CLOTHING
Get up an exhibit of simple and satisfactory clothing for children, including color, material, style and make.
Discuss children's clothes in reference to laundering.
CARE AND REPAIR OF CLOTHES
Show examples of successful repairing.
Try some of the methods of cleaning. (See, also _Chemistry of the Household_ pages 73-84.)
