School: Milford (roll number 10586)
- Location:
- Millford, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: James Mc Veigh
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- Dress making is a common trade in this district.
The first thing you need to do when making a dress is to take correct measure-ments, to cut the cloth correctly and to sew it neatly.
A dressmaker generally tells the person she is making the dress for, to come back in a weeks time for a fit on and if it is not a good fit she then alters it until you are satisfied.
A day may then finish it and you can have it home with you.
A dressmaker charges a good bit for her work.
- Collector
- Isa Mc Nutt
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Aghanursan, Co. Donegal
