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How to cut out and how to mark
I. How to cut. Have pattern pinned flat to fabric. Cut with middle of blades of shears. Use a sliding motion so that you will not lift fabric. Cut notches with the tips of the scissors and never cut deep notches Cut small notches
Keep flat when cutting
2. Tailors' tacks. The diagram shows you how to make tailors' tacks. You should take one or two loop stitches through each perforation and both thicknesses. Use tips of scissors to cut the threads as you separate layers. Leave a tuft in each section Separate layers and snip threads
Keep flat when taking stitches
3. To mark with pins and chalk. Mark each perforation with a pin through both thicknesses of fabric, then mark with chalk. Turn over and make a chalk mark at each pin before removing pattern from fabric. This leaves a chalk mark on each section
Chalk other side at each pin
Pin and chalk through each perforation
4. Chalked thread. Draw double basting thread over chalk. Draw thread through both layers of fab. ric at each perforation. Powdered thread leaves marks. Strengthen these with chalk marks at once. Chalk the marks on both sections of the material
Marking with chalked thread
Strengthen these marks immediately