To this end it includes over five hundred photographs and over a hundred drawings, specially made to show construction procedures step by step as they were worked out in actual garments.[...]The first elements of dressmaking procedures are given in the early chapters, so that one who has never sewed before can learn to use a sewing machine, to select and check commercial patterns, and to cut out and assemble dresses. The first seven chapters, preliminary to those on construction processes, offer such instruction for the beginner, but like the others they also include material relating to advanced work so that the reader with sewing experience can find help for her problems too. It is believed that the inclusion of advanced as well as elementary work will give the beginner added incentive. For she should find her elementary work worth while if she sees it in terms of what she can expect to do later. The chapters on actual construction give procedures for each major type of collar, placket, sleeve, and so on. A detailed index, as well as the many cross references in the text, give the book maximum flexibility.