| 单词 | dressmaking |
| 例句 | The girls were married, all except Dessie, and she had a successful dressmaking business in Salinas. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Dessie was studying dressmaking, and Mollie, pretty Mollie, would obviously marry some well-to-do man. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She had been running a dressmaking business since the age of sixteen. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z To come to New York City in the 1890s with a background in dressmaking or sewing or Schnittwaren Handlung was a stroke of extraordinary good fortune. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “Same thing. Just caused trouble. She went away. I heard she’s living in Philadelphia. Does dressmaking. I heard she gets ten dollars just for making one dress.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Every four years, the Twelve Towns had a magic tournament—the Golden Frog Games, where the towns would compete in everything from toad racing to spell casting to enchanted dressmaking. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Tom said, “Dessie’s thinking of opening a dressmaking shop in Salinas.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Flora Baumbach had given up dressmaking when she moved in with Turtle years ago. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z What Mr. Van Assche produced was in the main a selection of handsome dark two-piece suits — snugly tailored, bristling with buttons, vaguely feminized through the use of dressmaking techniques, yet still armoring and tough. ‘The Rich Look’ Lives On in Paris 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z It’s important, she said, to pass along the dressmaking tradition to new generations of women. Traditional Dresses as Resistance 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z If his collection looked more sophisticated than the typical lively London shows, he proved his skill in dressmaking. Prints That Tell a Story 2012-09-16T18:24:24Z Born in England, he was 18 when he moved to Chicago, where he started his career as a milliner in 1926 and later opened his dressmaking business in New York. Technology Brings the Designs of Charles James to Life 2014-04-30T22:11:48Z A portrait of men and women in lab coats with tape measures around their necks and perhaps pin cushions on their wrists, it expresses the technical side of dressmaking. With ?Dior Couture,? Patrick Demarchelier Opens the House?s Doors 2011-11-29T20:45:15Z That was also how my mother made money when I was young – dressmaking being an acceptable job for an Asian woman. My month of being Jewish 2010-04-08T07:00:00Z A lone eagle in a world of commercial dressmaking, he was an architect and a sculptor whose medium happened to be cloth. | Remembering Charles James 2014-05-10T00:18:59Z England is still a place of small dressmaking establishments, as it was when Princess Diana picked David and Elizabeth Emanuel to design her wedding dress and later brought attention to a largely unknown Catherine Walker. On the Runway: Taking Bets on the Royal Dress 2010-11-26T19:30:00Z A 1926 textbook on dressmaking cautioned “stout” women to avoid shiny surfaces because they “make the figure appear larger than do dull surfaces.” Plus-Size Wars 2010-07-29T15:41:00Z Marie grew up in the city’s South End and, after graduating from the High School of Practical Arts in Roxbury, enrolled in the Modern School of Fashion Design in Boston, where she studied dressmaking. Marie Cosindas, Whose Photographs Brought Color to the Fore, Dies at 93 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z “Like a master craftsman, Mr. Galanos is constantly seeking new ways to achieve different effects, to extend the range of dressmaking techniques,” Bernardine Morris, The New York Times fashion critic, observed in 1993. James Galanos, Fashion Designer for the Elite, Dies at 92 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z Born in the Eternal City on Aug. 4, 1943, she studied to become an archaeologist but abandoned those plans to help her mother run a dressmaking business. Laura Biagiotti, Italian fashion designer and ‘Queen of Cashmere,’ dies at 73 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z With the French novel, I think the really – the new novel – is really simply a form of dressmaking. Ali Smith: Style vs content? Novelists should approach their art with an eye to what the story asks 2012-08-18T15:00:00Z James, who was born in England, started as a milliner in Chicago in 1926 and later opened his dressmaking business in New York. On the Runway Blog: After the Punks Come … Charles James. 2013-09-04T13:20:21Z There are efforts within the community to help Rarámuri women achieve a sustainable income while keeping their dressmaking tradition alive. Traditional Dresses as Resistance 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z Being super-sensitively aware of textile art's traditional associations with dressmaking and women's pastimes, the artists showing here go to great pains to wield their meticulous skills to distinctly non-decorative ends. This week's new exhibitions 2010-08-20T23:06:00Z In the late 19th century, thousands of immigrant women, many Polish and Italian, supported their families with on-the-fly dressmaking. Stitch by Stitch and Block by Block 2011-02-16T21:58:35Z But Mr. Lagerfeld excelled himself in taking the historic dressmaking skills of haute couture and making the result look like they belonged to the 21st century. Fashion Review: Chanel's Kinetic Look at a New World 2013-07-02T17:11:40Z When the final 25 styles were selected, Ms. Cafaro and her team would work with the patternmaking and dressmaking departments to produce sample garments. Sewing for the Instagram Generation 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Not talking about it is also a way to avoid a falseness — the falseness of thinking poetic language can be applied to dressmaking. Azzedine Ala?a: The Master of the Female Form 2010-12-09T00:04:00Z Among the craft activities and demonstrations are African sculpture, Chinese calligraphy and Mexican dressmaking. Around Town for June 10-16 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z The autobiographical show looks at many things including his quest for identity and is billed as "a story about cross dressing, dressmaking, midlife crisis and blackbirds". Edinburgh Fringe: Norwich leatherworker Simeon Morris wins award 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z They came up with a wallcovering collection full of leopard prints, swirling sea agate patterns, and golden Victorian keys and dressmaking scissors. Travel, nature, history, imagination infuse new wallpapers that help rooms tell stories 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z His father owned a dressmaking business, and his mother was a homemaker. Richard C. Wald, TV news executive at NBC and ABC, dies at 92 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z In the "swinging 60s", the first two floors were a dressmaking factory. In pictures: Behind the shop facade 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z First and foremost, slavery was a labor system, and slaves did virtually every kind of manual labor available, from skilled woodworking, iron making, and dressmaking, to cooking, cleaning, and childcare. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z That dressmaking was just the start of Tseng’s devotion to her daughter’s career — and Chen said her mother’s effort and sacrifices have helped her reach the top of her sport. ‘I Just Feel the Best When I Wear Them’ 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Full disclosure: I have a weakness for any film involving tailoring or dressmaking. 10 of the most anticipated movies of 2022 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z In 1993, Sir Christopher Zeeman held the position and she attended his Gresham lecture on the mathematics of dressmaking. Triangulating Math, Mozart and ‘Moby-Dick’ 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z Then we began the long process of teaching ourselves the art of dressmaking. From miniature houses to a one-room schoolhouse, Seattle Times readers show off pandemic projects 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z Ms. Hurtado, too, was supposed to be a seamstress but clandestinely studied painting rather than dressmaking when she was in high school. Luchita Hurtado, belatedly acclaimed for the sensual beauty of her art, dies at 99 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z Difficulty level: advanced Equipment needed: a sewing machine, two to three metres of fabric, thread, scissors, paper and dressmaking pins. DIY fashion: designers' tips on what to make from home 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z I also have reams and reams of fabric that I purchased in the 1980s from a dressmaking shop: it was closing down, and the owner let me have it cheap. 'I wear my grandad’s old boxers': meet the people who haven't bought clothes for a decade 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Fashion as we know it – the business of clothes-as-zeitgeist, as distinct from simple dressmaking – was invented in Paris by Louis XIV in the second half of the 17th century. The kimono – from costume to catwalk 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z Last month the story conjured new hope for her from area business people and won Lemani a competitive small business grant to support her American dream of opening her own dressmaking boutique. Congolese refugee sews herself a new life in Kansas City 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z Song titles like “I Am Sewing” and “Needle Is Damaged” are unsubtle indications that the artists are focused on dressmaking and fashion. Your closet is their stage: Les Sewing Sisters' mesmerizing, funny performance art 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Many, like Mary White, put their resilience and entrepreneurial spirit to use in setting up their own dressmaking workshops. 'We were factory girls and that was a gift' 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z But when I am teaching dressmaking, I make an effort. 'I wear my grandad’s old boxers': meet the people who haven't bought clothes for a decade 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z “I’m just trying to exercise the craft of dressmaking,” Galliano explained on his house’s podcast. The Designers Making Couture for Men 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z She opened a clandestine school at home, pretending to teach girls the Quran and dressmaking, among the only subjects allowed for them. Afghan women fear peace with Taliban may mean war on them 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z Samuel Kaiser used to drive London's famous amphibious duck boats but swapped the tourist trade for dressmaking. How it feels to lose everything you own 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z I am more creative now, and I’m thinking of studying dressmaking. 'Before, I was quite a shy person': life after brain damage 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z A Batsheva dress may not be a typical look for an Orthodox woman—or for any woman—but it is clear that Hay’s interest and immersion in Orthodox life have influenced her dressmaking. Batsheva Hay Rethinks the Traditions of Feminine Dress 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z Before the film’s shoot, Day-Lewis spent months learning traditional dressmaking techniques, including a lengthy apprenticeship in the costume department at the New York City Ballet. ‘Phantom Thread’ costume designer on creating 1950s fashions and working with Daniel Day-Lewis 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z And while European Union patterned dressmaking material is not available in and of itself, European Union flags 15ft square are available for about £1.50 each online. When in Europe, dress like a walking apology for Brexit | Stewart Lee 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z So it is frankly a massive boost to hear the rumour that he is thinking of trying dressmaking. Dressmaking next, Daniel – really? Stick to the Day-Lewis job | Peter Bradshaw 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z But the Met’s Costume Institute took a bolder tack this year with this muscular, centuries-spanning investigation of the intertwined workings of artisanal and mechanical methods of dressmaking. The best American art of 2016 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z The dressmaking dummies were covered with black nylon tarps, shrouding shapes and materials. Junya Watanabe, One of Fashion’s Foremost Thinkers 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z She tried her hand at dressmaking to try to make ends meet, before opening Catherine Morgan Confectioner and Tobacconist in around 1900. Who inspired Roald Dahl's Mrs Pratchett character? - BBC News 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z With the exception of Hemsworth's character, a handsome local farmer, her former neighbours view her return with suspicion, even when she tries to win them over with her dressmaking skills. Kate Winslet 'not bothered' by age gap debate - BBC News 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Microfinance loans for projects like dressmaking or beekeeping have turned illiterate women who had never worked outside the home into entrepreneurs earning more than their husbands. Afghan Women Dread Departure of U.S. Forces 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Her father, a Russian Jewish immigrant, sold pencils before becoming an executive with a dressmaking business that would eventually fail during the Depression. Bernice Gordon, whose crosswords appeared in newspapers across and down the U.S., dies at 101 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z They work in kosher restaurants and markets, religious elementary and secondary schools and haberdashery and dressmaking shops. The Beggars of Lakewood 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z They want to keep us in the kitchen, sewing, cooking, dressmaking. Latest Front for Equality of Women: Bocce Club 2013-07-09T03:35:37Z He said there were many reputable factories, but he had also seen the murky side of its online dressmaking industry. Web dress company 'dupes buyers' 2012-12-10T06:09:27Z Starting at a well-known Parisian drapers, he ended up establishing a dressmaking department for the company. Five ways you never knew the UK changed fashion 2012-09-13T09:33:25Z As the creator of some of the series' most eye-catching and outlandish outfits, she wants to help ten girls from the traveller community learn dressmaking. VIDEO: Gypsy wedding dressmaker goes solo 2012-07-06T10:10:07Z As dressmaking is rather primitive in Mosul I decided to have some things dyed black. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z Oh—I dunno—I thought a lady's maid, as likely as not, or maybe in the dressmaking. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z This consisted chiefly in supplying unexpected defects in buttons, ribbon, lining, and so forth in the dressmaking department. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Industrial and Government work has taken 400,000 women formerly employed in domestic service or in dressmaking. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z Pouffe, pōōf, n. in dressmaking, material gathered up into a kind of knot: a cushion stuffed so as to be very soft.—n. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z She was in with her to that extent—knew about her dressmaking bills. The Honour of the Clintons 2012-01-24T03:00:25.947Z "They" were old Rathbone and his daughter, one of those conspicuously blond and full-breasted women who seem to take to the dressmaking and millinery trades by instinct. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z Now if we can only keep those roses through all the shopping and dressmaking. And So They Were Married 2012-01-05T03:00:34.437Z He's always making fun of me for living in the country, and I thought I'd show him I knew something about dressmaking, anyway. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z It was a kind of millinery or dressmaking in its art of arrangement. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z She parades her piety and her benevolence just as she does her newest fantasies in dressmaking. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z "Dame! we ain't in the dressmaking line, you know," said Bastringuette, in a sarcastic tone; "we don't help dress the swells, we don't spend the day in rooms with waxed and polished floors!" San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z But I felt the time was coming when I must find a little hole of my own to creep into, and I thought this dressmaking might do. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z It would make me miserable to wear such looking clothes, and as I can't speak the language, the difficulties in the way of giving directions on the technicalities of dressmaking would be terrific. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z Tailoring and dressmaking were the most common occupations of the Jewish immigrants who huddled together in the East End of London at the start of the last century. From corsets for comedians to bespoke bras: Rigby & Peller has seen it all 2011-08-20T23:07:34Z Carolyn May wondered if this “party” could be related to the “certain party” who seemed so familiar to both of the “dressmaking ladies.” Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z The two girls, who seemed to have so little in common, after all found much, besides the dressmaking plans, in each other to afford them interest. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z Here could be studied all that the age counts best in kindergarten, primary, grammar, high and normal schools, and in all the varieties of training in cookery, sewing, dressmaking, manual training, drawing, painting, carving. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z As it was, in the busy seasons she found underpaid employment in the workrooms of Sixth Avenue dressmaking establishments; between whiles she drudged at housework to the limits of her small strength. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z Then they cautiously inquired if I was qualified to teach any other branches and I told them that I also included in my repertoire cooking, dressmaking and millinery. The Camp Fire Girls on the Open Road or, Glorify Work 2011-06-23T02:00:25.403Z Her father was dead, and she had learned dressmaking to support her mother and herself. A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z Some of the stooping occupations of women, at the sewing machine or dressmaking, or even harder occupations, as sweeping, washing, and the like, may also be responsible. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z I heard little besides millinery, dressmaking, and upholstery talk while in B——. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z For Miss True Pettis had something more than dressmaking to do when she went out “by the day” to cut and fit and run the sewing machine. Ruth Fielding At Sunrise Farm What Became of the Raby Orphans 2011-06-14T02:00:19.177Z Faced with these limitations, she started a successful dressmaking business in her home to create work and hope for her family and other women in her community. Interview With Gayle Lemmon: 'People Do Not Invest In Victims, They Invest In Survivors' 2011-05-31T16:08:19Z “Why—why she was the goddess of dressmaking,” declared the child, with sudden conviction. The Corner House Girls on a Tour Where they went, what they saw, and what they found 2011-05-31T02:00:33.267Z I can sew fast, and know something of dressmaking. Spinning-Wheel Stories 2011-05-28T02:00:23.707Z Is it that she devoted too much of her maiden time to teaching, preaching, doctoring, and dressmaking? A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z In more strictly business lines you will come to the notice of the public in such channels as insurance, large mortuary, undertaking or cemetery propositions, millinery, dressmaking or hotel management. Manual of the Enumeration A Text Book on the Sciences of the Enumeration 2011-05-02T02:00:20.220Z This dressmaking place is not like the other concerns. Peggy Parsons a Hampton Freshman 2011-04-01T02:00:36.933Z These girls and women are the "labour" of the dressmaking establishments wherein is produced all that is most admired by the well-dressed women of the world. France 2011-03-27T02:00:11.847Z Advertising the problem isn’t enough, said Tembo, the Zimbabwean dressmaking student. African Girls Selling Sex to Sugar Daddies Get World Bank Cash 2011-03-14T22:03:42Z It is not at all uncommon, especially in the dressmaking, to work all night; just in the 'drive of the season,' the work is occasionally continued all night three times a-week. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z The homes he knew were comfortable homes, the poor he knew were the parasitic and dependent poor of the West, the shops, good retail shops, the factories for the most part engaged in dressmaking. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z She had her living to make and dressmaking was a precarious livelihood in these times. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z Evidently there were rudiments to master, even in dressmaking. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z Many Negro girls are entering stenography, bookkeeping, dressmaking, millinery and other occupations. Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy 2011-01-06T03:00:45.737Z As I walked up Fifth Avenue on my way home, the shops and various dressmaking establishments were disgorging their workers: pale girls, for the most part, poorly clad. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z But her expectations had not yet sunk to the level of those of a shop-girl or model in a dressmaking establishment. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z It would be so nice of you if you would give me a few lessons in dressmaking, Dennis," Caroline said; "it seems a pity that the children should have such costly clothes. Capricious Caroline The reasons why the art of dressmaking has not hitherto received the attention which it deserves, are to be sought for in the constitution of society. Dress as a Fine Art With Suggestions on Children's Dress When not engaged in cooking and fuel gathering, Miss Leslie was learning by painful experience the rudiments of dressmaking. Into the Primitive He should have known that hypnotism, like the equestrian and dressmaking arts, is continental, without exception or qualification. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle The club now has started a prize competition in bread-, cake- and dressmaking, offering a first prize of five dollars and a second prize of two dollars and fifty cents. The Complete Club Book for Women Including Subjects, Material and References for Study Programs; together with a Constitution and By-Laws; Rules of Order; Instructions how to make a Year Book; Suggestions for Practical Community Work; a Resume of what Some Clubs are Doing, etc., etc. Of course it might have been better to have gone with Miss Witherspoon and have done the thing she planned; study dressmaking. The Shadow "He's got enough, and he expects to make a bit more soon, and then there's my dressmaking." Carnival You’ve made a fair stagger at cooking, and I bet you win out on the dressmaking. Into the Primitive They were used to having their heads shampooed for the cause by unskilled hands, to have their dry goods spoiled by tyros at dressmaking, and they knew the signs. Neighbors Life Stories of the Other Half Is it an economy to take lessons in dressmaking and millinery? The Complete Club Book for Women Including Subjects, Material and References for Study Programs; together with a Constitution and By-Laws; Rules of Order; Instructions how to make a Year Book; Suggestions for Practical Community Work; a Resume of what Some Clubs are Doing, etc., etc. I don't approve of your learning dressmaking, you know, my dear, it will lower your station. The Shadow Edie had gone away to learn dressmaking, and Alfie had vanished into some Midland town to learn something else, and occupying his room there was another lodger whom she liked. Carnival And you know I did quite a bit of dressmaking through Mr. Dayton's long illness. Helen Grant's Schooldays One of them is a distant relative of Mrs. Narkom—an aunt, in fact, who’s rather down in the world, and does a bit of dressmaking for a living. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories One can often obtain new pieces at dressmaking establishments. Hand-Loom Weaving A Manual for School and Home The details of dressmaking he was not competent to discuss. Cupid's Middleman Her father then sent her to a dressmaker to see if she could learn that trade, but Rosa did not like dressmaking and finally went home without having learned very much. Stories Pictures Tell Book Four They all want to teach school,—and schoolteaching, consequently, is an overcrowded profession,—and, failing that, there is only millinery and dressmaking. Household Papers and Stories "I really think that Nelly might do well wi' dressmaking," Harry said after a pause. Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines I did not know until several days later that the house did a large dressmaking and laundry business, and that their advertisement appeared, and does to this day appear, in all the daily newspapers. The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself Greenfield promised to have the finest of Greek gowns made in the store's dressmaking department. The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories So it happened that Gaga came each day to the dressmaking establishment and took charge of the cash and the accounts, while Miss Summers and Miss Rapson interviewed any customers who came about dresses. Coquette She was the only other in-dweller in the house, living in the front and back attics with Mrs. Burr, who took jobs out in the dressmaking, and very moderate charges. When Ghost Meets Ghost "We thought you might do here at dressmaking," Jack said, "after a bit, you know." Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines And that, besides, she did very well with her dressmaking. A Country Gentleman and his Family It was owing to her dressmaking that she had become acquainted with farmer Tiralla's wife--maybe also owing to her piety. Absolution She was so simple-minded, and so little attached to the dressmaking, that she had no envy. Coquette Distaffs and reels of yarn lay about, and on the table by the window materials for dressmaking; for this was a house where devotion was mixed up with constant and useful work. Skipper Worse I am getting eighteen shillings a week now, and could let her have five easily, and she might take in dressmaking. Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines His sisters had taken, I think, to dressmaking. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) Caroline half turned from her dressmaking occupation, but renewed it for a moment, as if to gain a minute's time for some purpose. Shirley In another two or three years Sally might have earned more; but she was not now much above sixteen, and at sixteen, in the dressmaking, one does not earn a living. Coquette In my own neighborhood there are twenty capable girls who are ready; some wishing to study dressmaking, some sick-nursing, midwifery, etc. Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It To encourage the children and young people an annual show was held at which many prizes were given for gardening, needlework, dressmaking, carpentering, and a variety of other subjects. Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines He glanced swiftly round at the litter of dressmaking, but Eve was not there. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country She left school at 14; learned dressmaking for a year, but did not get along well. Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type She passed from dressmaking to the other subjects. Coquette In another box, packed under layers of paper, were materials for dressmaking, and a roll of white lawn for other articles of a woman’s apparel. The Law-Breakers In 1896-97 she learnt dressmaking and helped at home in the household work. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study You said I don’t need to do all this,” she hurried on, pointing at the dressmaking. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country This building would contain in addition to the school-rooms, a laundry room, a bake-shop, a creamery, a dressmaking establishment, and perhaps a butcher shop. In Times Like These Idly, Sally stopped to read down the list of subjects—and the first that caught her eye, of course, was dressmaking. Coquette You stay here and get on with your fandangles and dressmaking. The Hound From The North This rule should also apply to things which are generally considered as the special province of women; such as sewing, dressmaking, cooking, household work, etc. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study She had a small pension from the Government, and she worked at dressmaking to eke it out. Olive in Italy "Cut out" suggests dressmaking, the very subject first chosen for discussion and correspondence. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 After a time, when I feel better, I shall get something to do, perhaps, in a shop, or dressmaking. People of Position The dressmaking had been carried on in a large empty room above the doctor's surgery, and when it was finished Miss Arabella left the gown there. Treasure Valley But you can have America, and Miss Dorothy, and the dressmaking establishment, or whatever you please," Don pursued with enthusiasm; "only be ready to sail by an early steamer. Donald and Dorothy And perhaps—I think I am—of such things as sewing and dressmaking;—but I don't think there is much harm in all that. Say and Seal, Volume II What does this piece of tomfoolery mean—‘dressmaking undertaken—ladies waited upon at their own residences’? Not Like Other Girls But if ever there was a moment when he could leave her with a clear conscience it was when she was dressmaking. The Combined Maze Shopping and dressmaking were never allowed to interfere with the walks and drives, the chats and moonlight strolls. What a Young Woman Ought to Know The dressmaking industries give the same result—a continuous decline in proportion of employment since 1851, though in this case the 1891 figures indicate a slight recovery. The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production We had to do something, and I took to dressmaking with Miss Bezac—where you found me. Say and Seal, Volume II “Well, how does the dressmaking progress?” asked her hostess, suddenly. Not Like Other Girls But they've got a lady's folding cutting table; you know the sort, one of those that women use for dressmaking operations; and possible to be folded up flat, so they can be tucked away. Cleek, the Master Detective She did such dressmaking as the neighborhood offered, but they moved constantly as fortunes grew lower and lower, sheltering at last in two rooms in a rookery in Tower Hamlets. Prisoners of Poverty Abroad Mrs. Sikes, whose work had chiefly been dressmaking and plain sewing, found the new field of labor quite irksome. Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre. The second worked at dressmaking in bourgeois families; but they didn't pay the prices then that they do to-day; she worked from six in the morning till dark for eight sous. Germinie Lacerteux “She has forgotten all about the dressmaking,” she thought to herself, as she tripped downstairs. Not Like Other Girls A few women—so few that they really need not be mentioned—earn a little at needlework, two or three of them having a small dressmaking connection amongst their cottage neighbours and with servant-girls. Change in the Village “Really and truly I do,” Smith echoed, feeling at the moment that he would have done dressmaking or taken in washing, had she bid him. 'Me--Smith' It was thought that men should understand farming and divers handicrafts, and that women should possess such accomplishments as cooking, sewing and dressmaking, and other domestic matters. From Slave to College President Being the Life Story of Booker T. Washington But for humanity at large�and, as far as that goes, for the dressmaker herself when she is free of her dressmaking�knowledge of the lady's beauty is the knowledge that really matters. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty What I said was this: If this dressmaking scheme were undertaken just to make a sensation, it would of course, achieve success, for I thought the novelty might take. Not Like Other Girls The child in such a continuation school may choose between academic work, art, drawing and designing, shop-work, millinery, dressmaking and domestic science. The New Education A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) Courses were offered in the German language, arithmetic, sewing and dressmaking. The Condition and Tendencies of Technical Education in Germany “So for the present we can keep her to mind Tommy while I am dressmaking.” The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview A dressmaking department was established on the premises where many of the costumes for the road companies were made. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man “I do not wish to hurt your feelings, Sir Henry, but this confounded dressmaking of theirs––” But here Sir Harry stopped him by a most extraordinary facial contraction, which most certainly resembled a wink. Not Like Other Girls All costs of dressmaking and cooking materials are carefully kept and dealt with as arithmetic problems. The New Education A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) She gives, or gave, dressmaking lessons, in her idle moments. American Cookery November, 1921 This is an age of good ready made clothes and it is also an age of clever amateur dressmaking. Armour's Monthly Cook Book, Volume 2, No. 12, October 1913 A Monthly Magazine of Household Interest There was in it the description of a tea-gown worn by Mrs. Titus W. Trout which she believed was within her dressmaking capacity. Miss Mapp “We always knew they were not just ‘nobodies,’” as one young lady observed; and another remarked, a little scornfully, “that she supposed Sir Henry Challoner would put a stop to all that ridiculous dressmaking now.” Not Like Other Girls It wasn’t enough to start them at dressmaking, either, but when I started in on hard, fancy work designs I had them. The New Education A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) She gave up dressmaking, when she bought this house and settled here, but now she teaches the daughters of her old customers, they come out in automobiles every Wednesday, in winter. American Cookery November, 1921 With her knack for dressmaking and her taste for colour, she made half a dozen dainty and beautiful frocks, and also little coats and hats, and all the various accessories of a doll’s outfit. Patty's Social Season I shall be able to earn sufficient money, I hope, by dressmaking to support myself and my three youngest children—my eldest boy Alan has gone to sea. The Boy Artist. A Tale for the Young She may have a gift for sewing and dressmaking. The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance The sewing work includes a complete course in dressmaking. The New Education A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) Mrs. Hall had been a forelady in a New York private dressmaking establishment. Working With the Working Woman For five years, ever since her mother's death, Carry had supported herself and Patty by dressmaking. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 “She knocks my sister into fits, and Lyddy spends two-fifty a year in dressmaking and millinery, without counting jewellery and scent.” The Bag of Diamonds If her gift is undeniable but her workmanship is poor, she should take lessons at a school of dressmaking and make herself a first-class worker. The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance My aunt does dressmaking and I have helped her. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 My wardrobe had all fitted in appropriately to candy and brass and the laundry, but not to dressmaking. Working With the Working Woman This enterprise in dressmaking and ladies tailoring was started in August, 1906, at the address where found. The Negro at Work in New York City A Study in Economic Progress Costume sketching for making records in dressmaking workrooms. The Making of a Trade School The head of a dressmaking department in a large store in a city, when asked how she prepared herself for her position, told this story. The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance I say that without me Mademoiselle Melanie would never have attained her present elevated position; without me this establishment would never have been what it now is,—a very California of dressmaking. Fairy Fingers A Novel It was almost like attempting dressmaking in the Subway. Working With the Working Woman But as this included 100 dressmaking and 14 stenography and typewriting, this estimate doubtless included some cases that upon closer analysis could not have been designated as business establishments. The Negro at Work in New York City A Study in Economic Progress It recognizes that the art applied in dressmaking differs from that in millinery, and this again from that required for decorating jewelry boxes and calendars. The Making of a Trade School I made up my mind while passing his shop that day that I would not work for him, but that I would open a dressmaking establishment of my own. The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance She secured a situation as fitter in a dressmaking establishment, where, on account of her foreign looks, she was thought to be French. The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson You see sewing is not very profitable ordinarily unless you can do high up dressmaking or are forewoman in some factory, and I couldn’t sew for a living. The Girls at Mount Morris The numbers above were small and only one firm, in the class of dressmaking and millinery, and three in the miscellaneous class, reported an exclusive white trade. The Negro at Work in New York City A Study in Economic Progress Although the course in the Vocational Section trains for specific branches, it is very necessary that all dressmaking students should have experience in these lines in order to be better prepared for the actual dressmaking. The Making of a Trade School If the girl is able to continue at school and has a natural gift for dressmaking, the best way for her to learn her trade is to spend some years at a technical school. The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance For a year she had been out of school, and now her mother thought she better learn dressmaking, since she was so "handy." A Little Girl in Old New York Yes, she must begin to be the care taker, she had been so engrossed with her studies and giving her help with the sewing they did for a dressmaking establishment that she had hardly noted. The Girls at Mount Morris They economize in the family expenditure; they employ few or no servants, and do plain sewing, dressmaking, and millinery. The Education of American Girls The general scheme is the one in use in moderate-sized dressmaking establishments. The Making of a Trade School Here she will be taught sewing in all its phases—fitting, finishing, designing, the choice and use of materials, and the business details of dressmaking. The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance After two years in which she had hardly touched a needle, except for the children's little garments, Persis was again busy dressmaking. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale Naturally graceful, her figure was indebted to her modiste for every adventitious aid the art of modern dressmaking can bestow. Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden Ostensibly they very rigidly obey this fashion, though doubtless, in many cases, some dressmaking or plain sewing is done somewhere out of sight. The Education of American Girls It is not necessary to have a knowledge of actual dressmaking to be able to do this work. The Making of a Trade School If she cannot give more than two years to learning her trade in school, she is still at a great advantage when she enters a dressmaking establishment. The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance There was Mattie Kendall, now, who kept up her dressmaking after she married Henry Beach. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale Bond Street turns out to be a mean street, Celeste et Cie the name under which Cinderella trades, dealing in medical treatment, shaves, friendly counsel or dressmaking all at a penny fee. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 22, 1916 My future sister-in-law bluntly informed me that my absence from the city would greatly facilitate the necessary dressmaking. A Daughter of the Middle Border The use of the electric power machine in custom dressmaking establishments is on the increase. The Making of a Trade School It is probable that she may be obliged, when she enters a dressmaking establishment, to act as a messenger girl. The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance She just holds her chin up and looks out at all that display of openwork dressmaking and cut glass exhibit without so much as battin' an eyelash. Shorty McCabe There had been no dressmaking, no consulting of milliner or modiste. Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories In the hair-dressing scenes we hear the gossip of the periwigged barber; in the dressmaking scenes, the chatter of the maid; in the dancing-school, the pleasant music of the violin. The Venetian Painters of the Renaissance Third Edition Various phases of work in dressmaking, electric power operating, novelty, and millinery are made "centers of interest." The Making of a Trade School It would be better for her to accept less pay, with the understanding that she is to be taught the details of dressmaking, than to earn more money and have no opportunity to learn. The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance I reckon it must be that while Eve was learning the first principles of dressmaking from the snake, Adam was off bass fishing and keeping his end up by learning how to lie. Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son Being the Letters written by John Graham, Head of the House of Graham & Company, Pork-Packers in Chicago, familiarly known on 'Change as "Old Gorgon Graham," to his Son, Pierrepont, facetiously known to his intimates as "Piggy." It was an advertisement for a lady-companion accustomed to the typewriter and of some taste in dressmaking, and the address given was that of Miss Althorpe. That Affair Next Door In industrial schools it teaches children to help themselves by training them in such practical arts as carpentry, caning chairs, printing, cooking, dressmaking, and millinery. Society Its Origin and Development Tell of some of your failures in dressmaking and give the reasons for your lack of success. Textiles and Clothing Custom dressmaking is being increasingly limited to high-class and exclusive work. The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance Lilac was not quite without experience in such things, for she had often helped her cousins with their dressmaking, and she now succeeded after a few trials in looping up the skirt to Bella’s satisfaction. White Lilac; or the Queen of the May They were asking how your dressmaking was getting on the other day, so I am sure they will be glad to accept. More About Peggy Household manufacturing is confined almost entirely to the preparation of food, with a varying amount of dressmaking and millinery. Society Its Origin and Development Those who are beginners in the art of dressmaking should select plain designs until skill is acquired. Textiles and Clothing The small and highly specialized dressmaking factory is affecting the custom trade. The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance I had in my mind's eye a snug little apartment, situated somewhere in the attics, devoted chiefly to dressmaking operations, where I knew there was a mirror, and I might complete my toilet in peace. The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton "Heard you were having trouble with the dressmaking," he announced. Rosemary Her flesh had lost its firmness, her dressmaking had stooped her, her strong frame moved as if it habitually shouldered its way. Christmas A Story The finish of collar, cuffs, girdle and placket are hallmarks of good dressmaking. Textiles and Clothing Girls, therefore, who are thinking of dressmaking as an occupation, should examine opportunities in the exclusive factory, since this branch of the industry is becoming increasingly important. The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance You are so clever and can teach the girls so much about sewing and dressmaking. How Ethel Hollister Became a Campfire Girl But Lena had picked up all the conventional expressions she heard at Mrs. Thomas’s dressmaking shop. My Ántonia But she had a little bookcase whose shelves were filled with her patterns—in her dressmaking she never used a fashion plate. Christmas A Story In dressmaking, unless the stitching is used for ornamental purposes, it should never show on the outside. Textiles and Clothing Another department of dressmaking to which no reference has yet been made in this chapter is the work of the seamstress who sews by the day in the homes of her employers. The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance You're clever, and from helping me sew you have become proficient and have acquired considerable knowledge of dressmaking. How Ethel Hollister Became a Campfire Girl “And Mrs. Thomas thinks you can learn dressmaking?” My Ántonia You said only yesterday that your summer dressmaking was shamefully behind. Under the Trees and Elsewhere Tacking The slanting basting stitch or "tacking" is used in dressmaking for holding linings. Textiles and Clothing But it is a mistake for a girl or young woman without training or experience, or without a dressmaker's gifts, to undertake dressmaking by the day. The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance Our dressmaking parlors were in full swing and in apple-pie order. Sixty Years of California Song They would take it to the wheel and make the cloth, them women used to have tasks:—spinning, weaving, dressmaking, and so on. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 I know, because I used to do dressmaking during the war. Murder at Bridge But it was to a completely new art that this visit finally led us, which I hardly know how to describe, unless as the art of dressmaking and general ornamentation. Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls Millinery, like dressmaking, is partly a factory trade. The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance When the dress was done she was so pleased that I did her work as long as I was in the business of dressmaking, which lasted ten years. Sixty Years of California Song "I'll be sending the balance of my little debt to you as soon as the wife has her dressmaking bills settled." The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) As I remember they spent a great deal of time and money at the hairdressers, manicures, dressmaking establishments and hotels. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights To our great satisfaction we discovered that gores were no enigma to Matilda, and she and Aunt Theresa good-naturedly undertook to initiate us into the mysteries of dressmaking. Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls But it is also, like dressmaking, carried on in shops and in departmental stores. The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance These were busy days, what with concerts, singing in churches and at funerals, rehearsals, dressmaking and roomers. Sixty Years of California Song But when the father died, the girl was set to work in a dressmaking and millinery shop, to help support the big family. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists Now, look here, Bee," I said, "I am not going to get my head all muddled with dressmaking before I begin to write. At Home with the Jardines She was not much good at ordinary dressmaking, where fashion must be followed, but she displayed great originality in her construction of Ingred's fancy costume. A Popular Schoolgirl It is a wise plan, therefore, for every girl to learn a good deal about dressmaking and to be able to cut out and sew many of her own garments. The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance I may as well go at once, and perhaps she will come with me to that dressmaking ally of hers, Miss Trant. A Crooked Path A Novel "I think so," he answered pleasantly; "but there is the dressmaking, and I couldn't think of such a thing as asking to have that carried on at Ion." Elsie's Vacation and After Events A dressmaking Bee was held every afternoon from four to five o'clock in the small lecture-room, Miss Bishop generously lending her sewing machine for the purpose. The Luckiest Girl in the School The dressmaking work went on as usual after dinner. The Portion of Labor It is very difficult for her to do this if she has had no training in dressmaking or in millinery. The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance If that dressmaking friend of yours brings about a reconciliation between you and your very wrong-headed cousin, she will do a good deed. A Crooked Path A Novel And so the busy days went on, dressmaking, house-cleaning, calling, canning, pickling, parties, pottery, and fancy work, time for it all. Divers Women Time and labor saved in dressmaking, as it has the largest variety and most perfect working attachments. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 6 “Well, keep on the shady side,” called her grandmother, thinking the girl was bound to the stores for some dressmaking supplies. The Portion of Labor For the worker who is well established in her employment and has a good income, home dressmaking and millinery become questions of health, time and energy. The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance The result was increased eagerness to see the completion of her dressmaking scheme, and she made Mr. Newton's life a burden to him till all was accomplished. A Crooked Path A Novel She excelled in feminine works, such as embroidery, tapestry, and dressmaking, and always modeled her own costumes. Great Singers, Second Series Malibran To Titiens We had all subscribed to buy her a sewing-machine, and as she was a clever seamstress she was able to make ends meet by dressmaking. Up in Ardmuirland She had learned the tailoring and dressmaking trade in her youth, and she always cut and fitted the garments for the family. Pembroke A Novel She has, however, the satisfaction of knowing that without this special knowledge of dressmaking and millinery she would not be able to buy wisely the wearing apparel which she requires. The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance We have already seen this in the case of the lacemakers, and come now to the dressmaking establishments of London for further proof. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 Jane Cupp—who knew something of dressmaking—felt it a brilliant thing to be called upon to renovate an old dress or help in the making of a new one for some festivity. Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" We were good enough for you when thirty shillings a week didn't seem enough to keep us out of debt, and I stitched my fingers to the bone with odd bits of dressmaking. The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton "I never heard that there was any idea of dressmaking: I am not fond of my needle," said Bessie curtly. The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax Every girl knows what a help it is to work with others when sewing, mending, dressmaking and trimming hats. The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance Shop dressmaking is in the main confined to the making of afternoon and evening gowns and fancy blouses. Wage Earning and Education That M. Worth possessed rare artistic taste aside from dressmaking is evidenced in the beauty of his rural home at Suresnes on the Seine, seven and a half miles from Paris. The Harris-Ingram Experiment "Shall I go back to the dressmaking as I was?" My Neighbors Stories of the Welsh People The results of Lydia's summer dressmaking had not been bad. Lydia of the Pines Women and girls worked together at home, spinning, weaving, sewing and dressmaking. The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance It is also recommended that a one-year trade school be established for preparing girls to enter employment in dressmaking and millinery. Wage Earning and Education He found her very much occupied with her dressmaking, for she made new gowns and capes for all the ladies in town, and she was finishing up Miss Kitty Hardy's wedding outfit. Holiday Stories for Young People The chief advantage in early chickens is that they will take their places at the nests in October or November while the older ones are dressmaking. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm She couldn't bear aunt and so she took it and I went to live at uncle's and to learn dressmaking, too. The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel But girls know that they still have mending, sewing, dressmaking and millinery to do. The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance The student may elect trade dressmaking and millinery during the third and fourth years. Wage Earning and Education The fall dressmaking and cleaning will be coming on then," said grandmother, "and thee will be busy with school again. Holiday Stories for Young People Again, there is a dressmaking and millinery department, where the girls are taught how to cut and make dresses and other garments, and the economical and tasteful use of materials. Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887 In all dressmaking places the general run of girls didn't earn enough to keep themselves decently unless they lived at home as most did. The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel Teaching: Public schools, high schools, colleges, private schools, music, dramatic, domestic science, kindergarten, arts and handicrafts, lecturing, teaching handicapped children, manual training, sewing, millinery, dressmaking, physical training, gardening, commercial subjects, governess, tutor, secretary, supervising. The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance Courses should be provided for intensive work in trade dressmaking, power machine operating, and trade millinery. Wage Earning and Education Not in millinery and dressmaking, for there were no admiring eyes to reward such labors. Idolatry A Romance "She's always threatened that when I became finally flat broke she'd set up dressmaking and take care of both of us," Tom contributed. The Turtles of Tasman I worked at it for a spell once, when dressmaking was slack. The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel When he had finished with this late lunch, Lady Adela begged him to excuse them if they left him to shift for himself; they were busy dressmaking, she said. Prince Fortunatus Apprenticeship in dressmaking comprehends a trying-out period of from six months to a year. Wage Earning and Education Dear man, I have been dressmaking! and dress, when one is in the toils, is but a love-letter writ large. An Englishwoman's Love-Letters A four years' course, two hours per week, gives a thorough grounding in plain needlework, and girls are then capable of beginning dressmaking, in they can reach a very reasonable proficiency when they leave school. The Education of Catholic Girls For his hero was to go and live in the neat rooms of Miss Alvira over her millinery and dressmaking shop, and never return to the scenes of his early prowess. The Seeker The possibilities for the girl entering upon work connected with dressmaking with the ultimate object of becoming a dressmaker herself are far wider than in the case of the machine worker in shop or factory. Vocational Guidance for Girls Machine operating is the most important occupation in the industry, and employs more women than any other occupation in the city, except perhaps dressmaking. Wage Earning and Education But she managed to make her way at last to the main entrance, where, under the incredulous eye of the doorman, she found a porter waiting with her dressmaking form. The Real Adventure She regarded dressmaking as the trade which could most readily organize and meet the other conditions specified, and millinery as the trade which would come next. Women Wage-Earners Their Past, Their Present, and Their Future For the addition of a model, dressmaking golliwog to the family would be the final obstacle. Winnie Childs The Shop Girl Millinery requires in its workers the same general type of mind required for dressmaking, and in addition a certain millinery faculty or creative ability. Vocational Guidance for Girls In the third and fourth years they may elect either millinery or dressmaking, and special courses in these subjects are provided for girls who wish to prepare for trade work. Wage Earning and Education She told an exhausted floor-walker that she wanted to buy a dressmaking form. The Real Adventure The inefficiency of many workers was very clear and training schemes resulted—for typing, shorthand, in leather work, chair seat willowing, in cookery, dressmaking and dress-cutting, home nursing, etc. Women and War Work My youth is going, and I have nothing to show for it but ten years of dressmaking. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage Oh, stitched; I have a beautifully running machine, and I want to get them out of the way as soon as possible, for there is dressmaking to be done. Mona They lost everything they had—and she and her sisters did dressmaking. The Street Called Straight Paper cambric seemed to have more of a bearing upon the approach of Christmas Day than dressmaking forms, though just what the connection was, Rose couldn't make out. The Real Adventure "Now, how much dressmaking has to be done before the family can be ready for the trip?" asked Mr. Dinsmore. Elsie at Nantucket For she really knew nothing of life except dressmaking; she was familiar with no part of it except the way to Dinard's. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage Classes in manual work of various kinds—woodwork, carpentry, applied drawing and building construction, lace and crochet making, needlework, dressmaking and embroidery, sprigging, hosiery and other such subjects, have been numerously and steadily attended. Ireland In The New Century Do not write, if you can earn a fair living at teaching or dressmaking, at electricity or hod-carrying. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896 "All right," said Rose dumping her heavy bundle beside the dressmaking form. The Real Adventure All dressmaking establishments give precedence to mourning orders and will fill a commission within twenty-four hours. Etiquette Because I had a natural talent for dressmaking, I turned to that, and in the end I succeeded. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage The most popular occupations seem to be those of domestic service, school teaching, and dressmaking; the lowest numbers on the list are those of bankers, gardeners, and persons engaged in scientific pursuits. Reviews She taught them many of the little arts and niceties of dressmaking, and the girls became proficient and at the next Council meeting each received several honors. Ethel Hollister's Second Summer as a Campfire Girl Thousands of women sew by artificial light in dressmaking establishments and factories; in all probability just as many women could be found to sew by artificial light in private homes. Wanted, a Young Woman to Do Housework Business principles applied to housework Aunt Jane, who was busy cooking,--it seemed that Aunt Jane was always busy cooking something or other, when she wasn't dressmaking or mending clothing or ironing,--greeted them warmly. Partners of Chance The second part is devoted to textiles, sewing, and dressmaking. Everyday Foods in War Time I myself would like to see dressmaking regarded not merely as a learned profession, but as a fine art. Reviews At a safe distance I followed her, and succeeded in tracking her nearly a mile down Broadway, where she vanished into what appeared to be a genteel dressmaking establishment. Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories She had taken to dressmaking, she said, and thought may-be she could get some new ideas from Mary's dresses, which she very coolly asked to see. The English Orphans When twelve years of age the good people with whom she lived said she must learn dressmaking. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women After leaving school she had been sent to a large millinery or drapery establishment to learn sewing and dressmaking. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man In the latter, classes will be held for various decorative and technical arts, and for wood-carving, etching, and photography, as well as sick-nursing, dressmaking, cookery, physiology, poultry-rearing, and the cultivation of flowers. Reviews Thus, in Rome, Niceforo, who studied various aspects of the lives of the working classes, succeeded in obtaining much precise information concerning the manners and customs of the young girls in dressmaking and tailoring work-rooms. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion Polinka, a thin fair little person whose mother is the head of a dressmaking establishment, is standing in the middle of the shop looking about for some one. The Darling and Other Stories Where they know the genteel trades such as hat weaving, dressmaking, embroidering, tailoring, and silversmithing, there is relatively a fair industrial willingness. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines I did my best with it, Arthur, but I'm not a genius at dressmaking. A Great Success She sewed in one of these fashionable dressmaking establishments—and the things she told me about what those women spend on their clothes—underclothes and furs and everything. The Beauty and the Bolshevist They were absorbed in their barnyards and kitchen sinks and bad cooking and worse dressmaking. Hillsboro People It is advisable to take a fuller course which includes needlework and dressmaking. Women Workers in Seven Professions Though not fond of sewing, Mary decided to learn dressmaking, because this would give her self-support. Lives of Girls Who Became Famous She was taught drawing by her father, who, perceiving that she had unusual talent, permitted her to give up dressmaking, to which, much against her will, she had been apprenticed. Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. It has been found in our towns, generally, that men and women who are engaged in industrial callings, such as tailoring, shoe-making, dressmaking, lace-work and the like, work at their own homes amongst their children. Hygeia, a City of Health Therefore, my dear girl, I urge you to take up dressmaking or millinery instead of school-teaching. A Woman of the World Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters Miss Proll had returned home early, and the living-room was a confusion of dressmaking, so Claire ushered the reverend gentleman into the dining-room. The Blood Red Dawn The mayor endeavored to obtain a livelihood as a scrivener, or clerk; his wife worked at dressmaking and millinery, and Caroline, who soon became skillful in such matters, faithfully assisted her. Among the Trees at Elmridge Mrs. Penniman had at last been fancy in her dressmaking for her child, and now stood by to exclaim at her handiwork. The Wrong Twin And though she had never been taught dressmaking, she could make her own clothes when put to it, and was always willing to help other people with theirs. From out the Vasty Deep When I first come to Baltimore, I done dressmaking, 'deed I did. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Maryland Narratives Mrs. Flint was a rather frumpish individual, who always gave the impression of pieced-out dressmaking. The Blood Red Dawn Instruct in domestic arts, dressmaking, millinery, cooking, decoration, and, through the Samaritan Hospital, in the art of nursing. Russell H. Conwell It was white and neat, but not fancy dressmaking in any sense of the word. The Wrong Twin Miss Faithful did not press for an explanation: she went quietly on with her dressmaking, and her sister, hurried though she was about her work, set herself to examine the papers. Not Pretty, but Precious And as these thoughts were passing through his mind, he remembered hearing his mother say that Annie's sister was thinking of starting dressmaking in the High Street. The Lake The dressmaking business had fallen off, from neglect; and its profits had dwindled away almost imperceptibly. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people There are normal courses for kindergarteners and elementary teachers, and in household science, physical training, music, millinery, dressmaking, elocution and oratory. Russell H. Conwell Mrs. Penniman, it is true, fought the battle of life steadily with her plain and fancy dressmaking, but with no visible glory; and Winona herself was becoming a drab, sedate spinster, troubled about many things. The Wrong Twin They went to the village and inspected cottages, and gave lessons in housekeeping or dressmaking or some other drudgery till noon. The Man Between, an International Romance It dealt with the death of the milliner, Mary Anne Walkley, 20 years of age, employed in a highly respectable dressmaking establishment, exploited by a lady with the pleasant name of Elise. Proposed Roads to Freedom Later I ruined a pair of my mother's dressmaking scissors cutting out the plates. The Dawn of Amateur Radio in the U.K. and Greece: a personal view "Have you heard about this awful woman that's supposed to have come here to do dressmaking—a Mrs. Swiftwaite—awful peroxide blonde?" moaned Mrs. Bogart. Main Street She had never brought herself to wear the tan silk stockings of invidious allure, and she still confined herself to her mother's plainest dressmaking, yearning secretly for the fancy kind, but never with enough daring. The Wrong Twin At that minute Jo was particularly absorbed in dressmaking, for she was mantua-maker general to the family, and took especial credit to herself because she could use a needle as well as a pen. Little Women She was the least fashionable person in all that smart dressmaking establishment. Emma McChesney and Co. She had some faint hopes in the direction of millinery and dressmaking, the things for which she felt she had distinct talent. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise Personally, I am terribly busy with dressmaking and having the seamstress in the house and all, but it would be splendid to have the other members of the Thanatopsis take up the question. Main Street Then with stern orders to hold his head still the rite was consummated with a pair of shears commandeered from plain and fancy dressmaking. The Wrong Twin Yet she was dressed in conformity with all that centuries, ages of experience, have taught the dressmaking art on the subject of feminine allure. The Conflict Mrs. Trimmer was a comely woman about thirty-five, who had come to the village a year before, and had maintained herself, or at least had tried to, by dressmaking and plain sewing. The Magic Egg and Other Stories Aunt Olivia and the Story Girl lived in a whirlwind of dressmaking after that, and enjoyed it hugely. The Golden Road But Lena had picked up all the conventional expressions she heard at Mrs. Thomas's dressmaking shop. My Antonia She longed, moreover, to do fancy dressmaking for her child; and there was the matter of the silk stockings. The Wrong Twin "Courses are arranged also in sewing, dressmaking, and millinery; they are conducted on a similarly practical basis, and equip the student with a thorough knowledge of the subject." Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue This dressmaking business is a funny sort of thing. K Leroy, who previously had been only a milliner, had decided for this occasion to undertake dressmaking, and had made Madame Raimbault, a celebrated dressmaker of the time, his partner. The Court of the Empress Josephine Of course my nurse has plenty of time for dressmaking with only one child of four to look after, and—and—one really gets no new ideas in a poky place like this. Sir George Tressady — Volume I Her mother's business of plain and fancy dressmaking did not a little to make the acoustics of Newbern superior. The Wrong Twin I am going over to Paris in a day or two, Mr. Hardwick, to solve the mystery of dressmaking, and I think, from what I know of it already, it will require my whole attention. Jennie Baxter, Journalist They'd have picked Harriet Kennedy for the hospital, and me for the dressmaking, and it would have been Sidney Page that got married and had an automobile. K Caroline did dressmaking by the day at Madame Guérard's, and she had offered her services to me as lady's maid. My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt I'll tell you, Flossy, what to do with her: put her in a good establishment, and let her learn the dressmaking trade. Ester Ried Yet Speaking Some months ago, two girls, daughters of a respectable man, engaged as foreman on Prospect Park, Brooklyn, met with an advertisement calling for girls to learn the trade of dressmaking, in West Broadway, New York. The Secrets of the Great City More people flowed by along the boulevards or sat at the tables in front of the cafés, more shops opened—even the great dressmaking establishments began to operate in an attempt to restore commercial circulation. The World Decision She had mastered the art of dressmaking and the tailor's trade. The Man in Gray All begin to work at a given signal and the hostess allows a certain length of time for the dressmaking. Games for Everybody There was no dressmaking establishment known to her where she was willing to place so young and pretty and ignorant a girl. Ester Ried Yet Speaking She sold the furniture, the dressmaking business, wrested the greasy bag of savings from the hands of a felonious and discomfited Boudin, and returned to Paris with some few thousand francs in her pocket. The Mountebank They are also making creditable progress in general cooking, plain sewing and dressmaking. Home Missions in Action It is less difficult, I should say, to succeed moderately in journalism than to succeed moderately in dressmaking. Journalism for Women A Practical Guide From 20 to 40, stayed home, did dressmaking, became sickly, remained an old maid. Games for Everybody It was scientific dressmaking when I was at Woodcote last, you remember, Rose dear. Miss Merivale's Mistake "The boys say he's gone into the dressmaking business, or something." The Girls of Central High Aiding the Red Cross Or Amateur Theatricals for a Worthy Cause But she had the equipment for producing better things, and was soon conducting quite a dressmaking business for the neighborhood. Home Missions in Action His daughter, a little pinched asthmatic creature, in a dress whereof every gore and seam was an affront to the art of dressmaking, was certainly thirty, probably more. The History of David Grieve She was a very practical person in matters connected with millinery and dressmaking, and in a minute had planned the slight alterations and additional furbishings required for their party frocks. Mrs. Day's Daughters From her own childhood in the woods, Bundlekin's mother had been used to this kind of dressmaking. Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks Well, Felicity had always designed the gowns for her dancing and acting, and after the elimination of Mr. Noaks she set up a dressmaking establishment for artistic and individual gowns. The Nest Builder Very soon after this conversation Fan commenced her new work of learning dressmaking, going every morning by omnibus to Regent Street, lunching where she worked, and returning to Dawson Place at four o'clock. Fan : the story of a young girl's life Dora set herself to learn dressmaking, and did her best to like the new place and the new people. The History of David Grieve In the afternoon the elder girls are employed in tailoring and dressmaking, and receive so much work that this branch of the school is self-supporting. The Englishwoman in America The first high school to provide sewing, cooking, dressmaking, and millinery for girls was the one at Toledo, established in 1886, though private classes had been organized earlier in a number of cities. The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization But not for the house in Hanley and the dressmaking of yore. A Mummer's Wife It was maintained by the teachers in the establishment she was in that by means of their system even a stupid girl could be taught the mystery of dressmaking in a little while. Fan : the story of a young girl's life He was a dear old man at the boarding-house, and his brother died and left him a dressmaking establishment in London. The Adventures of Sally Years later he heard that she was running a fashionable dressmaking establishment in a western city. Windy McPherson's Son The dressmaking department holds its vast provision of fabrics and machinery at the absolute disposition of the whims of every man or woman in the nation. Equality She could recall the smell of the paint and turpentine, and her grief when she was told that she was too delicate to learn painting, and was going to be put out to dressmaking. A Mummer's Wife Fan had gone back to her ancient but happily not lost art of dressmaking, and was making Constance a dress from a piece of stuff which the latter had kept by her for some time. Fan : the story of a young girl's life The others laughed, while Inez looked very much puzzled at Jack's juggling of dressmaking terms. The Motor Girls on Waters Blue Or the Strange Cruise of the Tartar Nature had made Edith an artist in dressmaking; her taste was excellent; madame became convinced she had found a treasure. A Terrible Secret That would make her about forty, and then he found her out and left her, and she went back to Paris and learned dressmaking.” Pages from a Journal with Other Papers The mothers were delighted, and spoke of the coincidence of their religions and the admirable addition dressmaking would be to the drapery business. A Mummer's Wife Then he asked a few questions about Fan's attainments, and seemed pleased to hear that she had learnt dressmaking and embroidery. Fan : the story of a young girl's life Later in the year Inger was sent for down to the village, to do dressmaking for some of the great folks there. Growth of the Soil However as her hopeless passion in no way interfered with her dressmaking ability, madame kept her suspicions to herself and retained her in the workroom. A Terrible Secret She had heard of something in the dressmaking line there.” Pages from a Journal with Other Papers This young girl after she has learned dressmaking takes the place of the mother in the matter of providing clothes for the family, and becomes in a large measure the mistress of the house. The Youthful Wanderer An Account of a Tour through England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany The head nurse has organised a little dressmaking class, the wife of a former president, Sir B. McMahon, having given her £10 with which to buy the necessary materials. Turkish Prisoners in Egypt A Report by the Delegates of the International Committee of the Red Cross Miss A. Milligan stood before the door of her select dressmaking parlours, meditatively picking her teeth with a needle. Up the Hill and Over Annie Grey went immediately, upon the homecoming of the daughter of the house, to Middlefield to learn dressmaking, boarding with Linnet and "working her board." Miss Prudence A Story of Two Girls' Lives. Let us have cooks; but let us leave it a matter of choice, as we leave the dressmaking and the shoe-making, the millinery and the carpentry,—free to be chosen! Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals A lady by the name of McClellan, who had a dressmaking establishment in the building, was burned to death and it was several days before her body was recovered. Reminiscences of Pioneer Days in St. Paul By this I do not mean that a woman should be taught cooking, and not political economy; that she should be instructed in dressmaking and nursery-work, but not in chemistry and logic. The Warriors Now that it was fully decided for Jessie to go with Maddy, her lessons were suspended, and Aikenside for the time being was turned into a vast dressmaking and millinery establishment. Aikenside She worked at dressmaking; and spent every night at home with Linnet. Miss Prudence A Story of Two Girls' Lives. In an occupation so sedentary as dressmaking, and especially in the case of young females, hurried meals are most injurious, and are a frequent cause of deranged health. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 In the same building, down-stairs, we went into a room which could not have been more than 10x12, where an American woman, with seven young women helping her, was at work dressmaking. White Slaves; or, the Oppression of the Worthy Poor E. C., who had before been learning dressmaking, was tossed about from one poor place of service to another—her clothes all pawned, or in tatters—till her last resting-place was on the flags. God's Answers A Record of Miss Annie Macpherson's Work at the Home of Industry, Spitalfields, London, and in Canada There is many a feeble mother of grown and growing "Sissys" to whom the spring or fall dressmaking appears like an avalanche coming to overwhelm her, or a Juggernaut coming to roll over her. A Domestic Problem : Work and Culture in the Household It will mean going back to the old work again—the dressmaking, or the waiting, or whatever I can manage to find.' The Little Nugget This commission, among other things, was directed toward the millinery and dressmaking trade. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 It would be much more sensible for the sisters to busy themselves with dressmaking. Cornelli In the millinery department of this store was employed, among many others, a Swiss girl who had come up to Paris on her own account to get a knowledge of millinery and dressmaking. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists "What do you know about dressmaking and sewing?" What Can She Do? After that came dressmaking, which was harder and which I hated. The Little Nugget Eight years have elapsed since this association was established, during which a most gratifying change has been wrought in respect to the mode of conducting the dressmaking and millinery business. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 Besides, she never could get along with Father Duff, and she was trying to learn dressmaking, too. Oh, Money! Money! If I were king I would only allow needlework and dressmaking to be done by women and cripples who are obliged to work at such trades. Emile Then arose deeply interesting questions as to various styles of mourning costume, and an exciting vista of dressmaking opened before her. What Can She Do? She had learned the business of dressmaking, and often did work at home for her customers. Struggling Upward, or Luke Larkin's Luck Nor have the young persons engaged in the dressmaking and millinery business remained uninfluenced amidst the general improvement. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 She had what she wanted to eat, now, however, and she did not do dressmaking any longer. Oh, Money! Money! Needlework is what Sophy likes best; and the feminine arts have been taught her most carefully, even those you would not expect, such as cutting out and dressmaking. Emile She started dressmaking, and as she had good taste and was clever and quick, her business soon prospered. Afoot in England She reckoned that she knew what dressmaking and millinery were, and her little fund of expert knowledge caused her to picture a whole necessary cityful of girls stitching, stitching, and stitching day and night. The Old Wives' Tale She managed the whole household from some small lodgings two stories above her daughter's, where, moreover, she had established a work-room for dressmaking and plain sewing. A Zola Dictionary; the Characters of the Rougon-Macquart Novels of Emile Zola; All the performers, at their own suggestion, supplied their own costumes, charging nothing to the club except the material and the cost of dressmaking. The Hohenzollerns in America During the three days she had been engaged in her dressmaking, Nepeese had been quite too excited to notice this change, and Pierrot had tried to keep it from her. Baree, Son of Kazan She was a very clever needlewoman, expert in the mysteries of dressmaking. In the Wilderness You can play at dressmaking—play at millinery—play at keeping shop. Nerves and Common Sense Her dressmaking enterprise assimilated the features of both, and added novel devices that sprang from her own fruitful brain. In the Year of Jubilee Offers of Mrs. Ledward to teach Ida dressmaking, she had put aside; it was not good enough. The Unclassed Then came dressmaking till her health failed, and she tried service. Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 2 Tell Miss Melville to delay her resolution about the dressmaking till I communicate with Phillips, which I will do by to-day's post. Mr. Hogarth's Will I wish one might feel it was enough to live along quietly, busy with dressmaking, or perhaps now and then making a fancy dessert for guests, giving little teas and card parties, and making calls. The Treasure Then there was dressmaking,—Mrs. Schmidt in command, Mrs. Paget tireless at the machine, Julie all eager interest. Mother He employed a great number of girls and young women who were supposed to be learning dressmaking, mantle-making or millinery. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists She conducted the millinery and dressmaking establishment next to the Gashwiler Emporium, but found time, as did Merton, for the worthwhile things outside her narrow life. Merton of the Movies It was not in human nature, however, that Peggy should quite lose sight of her own concerns in her pleasure at the thought of Miss Melville having something better to do than dressmaking. Mr. Hogarth's Will I could also assist at your dressmaking, and you must require a great deal of that to be done if you continue to appear in public. The Hand of Ethelberta I lived with my father, going to school, then to learn dressmaking, and finally going out to work to ladies' houses. East Lynne So they wisely left the boys to themselves for the entire day, and transformed their tent into a mammoth dressmaking establishment, with clever Aunt Truth as chief designer. A Summer in a Canyon Edward convinced that the dressmaking was their best card, searched that mine of various knowledge, the 'Tiser, for an opening: but none came. Hard Cash And yet, poor lassie, she says there's nothing but the dressmaking for her. Mr. Hogarth's Will "Did you take a course in dressmaking, too?" The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) My wife has been dressmaking, and this is something in the dry goods line that I got through her. Jewel By attending too exclusively to this prison-work, however, Sarah Martin's dressmaking business fell off; and the question arose with her, whether in order to recover her business she was to suspend her prison-work. Character Her maid has to sew early and late, and turn out as much as if she was a whole dressmaking establishment. T. Tembarom Disheartened and angry, he went home at night, declaring it was time lost; that dressmaking was at all events a troublesome business, and not worth learning. Mary Barton It seems to me that you might do quite well at dressmaking here in town, if you had a little—well, ready money to help you at the start. Keziah Coffin Not that I mind so much for myself; women, in all ways of life, and especially in my dressmaking way, learn, I think, to be more patient than men. The Queen of Hearts The jewels which encircled her neck were priceless and dazzling; the soft material of her gown, the most delicate shade of sea green, seemed to foam about her feet, a wonderful triumph of allegoric dressmaking. The Yellow Crayon She writes that she has found money to set up a dressmaking establishment, and that she is relying upon me to be her forewoman. Other People's Money But Innocent had somehow blundered on the discovery that her thrifty dressmaking went with a considerable feminine care for dress—the one feminine thing that had never failed her solitary self-respect. Manalive The spring season passed off, with all its accompaniments of dressmaking and dress-buying, but still there was no news of her. After Dark I sanction her new fancy for dressmaking, because it is sure to absorb all her attention, and to keep her at home. No Name In response to a demand for an education which should be immediately available, classes have been established and grown apace in cooking, dressmaking, and millinery. Twenty Years at Hull House; with autobiographical notes She and her sister had not been a long time in the country; their father was dead, and they had to live by keeping a very small shop and by dressmaking. Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields She made a wry pucker with her mouth, as though to advertise her ignorance of dressmaking. The Sea Wolf She managed the whole household from some small lodging two stories above her daughter's, where, moreover, she had established a workroom for dressmaking and plain sewing. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola At the end of that time, she gave up the struggle, the more easily as her young sister, well established in the dressmaking department of a large shop, had begun to suspect her past life. Twenty Years at Hull House; with autobiographical notes |
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