Thompson's Universal Garment Cutter - 1896 - Part 2

<b>Mrs. F. E. Thompson had quite the system here. These sold for $5.00 ($141.00 today) and they were used by home sewers and dress makers. That included very young girls, and mothers supporting families.</b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY1GuESXrR7n2IdmE1iZocYj5FhQK9djaSwtKbpt1fI_odPLfo4JFXi7Vb0X31bP5v4wZMo0zU4TcfDG4dWse82CUAivNvf_mGqxXvCbZE22h2CrIuF7cqOJ_t3O39-vyhj3SRk997JjgG/s1600/ThompsonsGarmentCutter1896+-+Version+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY1GuESXrR7n2IdmE1iZocYj5FhQK9djaSwtKbpt1fI_odPLfo4JFXi7Vb0X31bP5v4wZMo0zU4TcfDG4dWse82CUAivNvf_mGqxXvCbZE22h2CrIuF7cqOJ_t3O39-vyhj3SRk997JjgG/s320/ThompsonsGarmentCutter1896+-+Version+2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSXkz_2nfOyEj7mv8D2a05YLbQQB1tHp5PVPCjP5EKvJ8mmbG3JmDFRp-A0icyxWFPXxtbA1cTB8v3s-Y3k0l0x2RaAOpDvl67L1gHPPw0G-JG2WBSAC0Lxq6qIcMzGwkziUba7Io5fwNh/s1600/ThompsonsGarmentCutter1896+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSXkz_2nfOyEj7mv8D2a05YLbQQB1tHp5PVPCjP5EKvJ8mmbG3JmDFRp-A0icyxWFPXxtbA1cTB8v3s-Y3k0l0x2RaAOpDvl67L1gHPPw0G-JG2WBSAC0Lxq6qIcMzGwkziUba7Io5fwNh/s640/ThompsonsGarmentCutter1896+4.jpg" width="406" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>The system was based on accurate measurements. But complete instructions were given.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKMJEtV2n3NB_4n-9NSXgVzAXF8SA9n42_EyKw_rJwHwLCI1jWuMxVZJhyphenhyphen8ABLT2TOoCk7zbS09stqFP0qJKSQayenBCFR5EnQBE1ieP-ZuCnZAKM3ho7ikdqSXjFRsNUuNHd0pXtDuzHp/s1600/ThompsonsGarmentCutter1896.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKMJEtV2n3NB_4n-9NSXgVzAXF8SA9n42_EyKw_rJwHwLCI1jWuMxVZJhyphenhyphen8ABLT2TOoCk7zbS09stqFP0qJKSQayenBCFR5EnQBE1ieP-ZuCnZAKM3ho7ikdqSXjFRsNUuNHd0pXtDuzHp/s400/ThompsonsGarmentCutter1896.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEA2zPItp_8Odh_sxHkrM94hwuo53Ndiplm5MXibe_hV8wz4Jyu37c7CDJDHjnEPovnXdA2e0HkPyyF6y-BkE5lpiT5OEXbzcJEHIgyct5PsS0JLQfmNPIC0CrfrhHD3yUzh5bgo9FJHmG/s1600/ThompsonsGarmentCutter1896+8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEA2zPItp_8Odh_sxHkrM94hwuo53Ndiplm5MXibe_hV8wz4Jyu37c7CDJDHjnEPovnXdA2e0HkPyyF6y-BkE5lpiT5OEXbzcJEHIgyct5PsS0JLQfmNPIC0CrfrhHD3yUzh5bgo9FJHmG/s640/ThompsonsGarmentCutter1896+8.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Here is one dress and the pattern pages you'd need to make it. There were pages for every garment, you looked at an index and it told you what pages you needed to use. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgil2rVztThjv2XGcZshGXvGvffq09pmgVl9-7D9jMLhEDgfpAEho-GpZ8iZRBBsC6lInJm6P051Dn2NcVX7lCVAJpwVYJbbZhoAKhLZ53Ss7X7uKKTq3FupH4wtVd8Emn8ya7tO0EvhBfJ/s1600/ThompsonsGarmentCutter1896+-+Version+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgil2rVztThjv2XGcZshGXvGvffq09pmgVl9-7D9jMLhEDgfpAEho-GpZ8iZRBBsC6lInJm6P051Dn2NcVX7lCVAJpwVYJbbZhoAKhLZ53Ss7X7uKKTq3FupH4wtVd8Emn8ya7tO0EvhBfJ/s640/ThompsonsGarmentCutter1896+-+Version+2.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>For the Basque (one or two darts);</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><b>And then choose between two Skirts;</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitMxCv6ze6Y3dT2lPiiz7fAkOmN0HPXUiWufrXstohetDUgpjsy_Zzs_p5hvWPHSxTqpx7p6oIzHEg88l63GUKprUp6GQndeRhQuoWU2vUw_cbeevhyphenhyphenXAtRFUWf97rawtnP00h0yfySK4g/s1600/ThompsonsGarmentCutter1896+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitMxCv6ze6Y3dT2lPiiz7fAkOmN0HPXUiWufrXstohetDUgpjsy_Zzs_p5hvWPHSxTqpx7p6oIzHEg88l63GUKprUp6GQndeRhQuoWU2vUw_cbeevhyphenhyphenXAtRFUWf97rawtnP00h0yfySK4g/s640/ThompsonsGarmentCutter1896+2.jpg" width="402" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWh5V74YMRRzZO0ebz_mz5C-VIxdVFErY_kE7bALXDIvBIknHPc0BrPUsy4SufiLPp7ac3ggV57NqoW9WoLwIw2R4GiThgMGQc67zqraK1fSV-QDbhPAgE2fBvxzc4T0mj2ZkI59E7iSE/s1600/ThompsonsGarmentCutter1896.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Thompson's Universal Garment Cutter - 1896 - Part 2

Mrs. F. E. Thompson had quite the system here. These sold for $5.00 ($141.00 today) and they were used by home sewers and dress makers. That...

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