HOUSEHOLD AND HEALTH PROBLEMS 

 SEWING 



64. Several dollars a year can be saved in providing for 

 a family by knowing the quality, quantity, and the proper 

 season for buying food and clothing. 



EXERCISE 



1. If it takes 3J yd. of 25-cent material and 5 cents' 

 worth of thread and buttons to make a man's shirt that 

 might be bought ready-made for $1.50, what is saved by 

 making the shirt at home ? 



2. How many yards of 27-inch goods will be required for 

 a flounce on a skirt that measures 2 J yd. around the bottom, 

 if the flounce is to be cut 8 in. wide and one third is allowed 

 for fullness ? 



3. How many yards of soutache braid are required for 

 5 rows around a boy's sailor collar, the distance around the 

 collar being 39 in. ? 



4. How many yards of sheeting 2\ yd. wide must be bought 

 to make 6 sheets, if each sheet is to measure 2\ yd. finished, 

 with a 1-inch hem at one end and a 2j-inch hem at the other, 

 and 3 in. is allowed for shrinkage ? 



5. How long must a skirt be cut to measure 39 in. when 

 finished, if it has two clusters of tucks each composed of 

 five ^-inch tucks, and is lengthened by a 6-inch flounce ? 

 (Allow J in. for adding the flounce.) 



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