Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 2 · column 3 of 9 · from the scan, no model involved
hoops. Seamstresses of the pre-civil-war years labored long hours over each complicated dress, and DeKirosso and O’Connor have been researching and constructing the tremendously intricate fashions worn by great ladies of Rappahannock then and by the Ft A AC demonstration dancers at the summer sescjuicentennial affair.
“One of my favorite parts of sewing is solving difficult design and construction problems,” Oorinne said about the skill that takes her out of the ranks of an ordinary seamstress. “I love looking at a design and figuring out how to do it.”
DeKirosso has standard patterns that she transfers to newspapers and alters according to what is needed.
“Often I think about a problem overnight and wake up with a solution,” she said.
Corinne has been designing, thinking and sewing since she was a child making doll clothes. She always en
52.5%