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Show DOMESTIC ARTS' DEPARTMENT. This is one of the rooms uaed exclusively for Domestic Arts. WEBER STAKE ACADEMY. 45 DOMESTIC ARTS. SEWINGDuring the first term of the first year, instructions are given in plain hand sewing, basting, back-stitching, hemming, over-casting, felling, gathering, French seam, button-holes, loops, eyelets, patching, darning, etc. Each student is made familiar with the management of the sewing machine in running seams, hemming, tucking, ruffling, quilting, binding, etc. The student makes a set of models covering the full course in hand and machine sewing. Second term, first yearDrafting patterns of undergarments, etc.; making skirt, drawers, and corset cover, and fitting and finishing a dress of wash material. DRESSMAKINGSecond year; drafting from measurements patterns for waists, sleeves, skirts, etc.; practice in cutting, basting and fitting, and general dressmaking. ART NEEDLEWORKThird year; instruction is given in the various kinds of embroidery, drawn-work and modern lace-making. Over fifty girls registered in this class during 1903-04; and out of that number there was not one whose work was not commendable, and many of them showed skill in needle work that, for one year's training, is perhaps unsurpassed. |