10. Round neckline: Because a round neckline is wider in effect than a V shaped neckline, it is usually cut some what higher, its depth on the pattern being determined as suggested for the Draw String Cowl Key hole Boat Round U-shaped Square V-shaped Heart shaped Scoop Halter Wedge shaped 159 V neckline when the depth has been noted, draw a line from the shoulder to this point, having the line extend downward with a slight slant for about two-thirds of the neckline depth and then curve abrupthy towards the centre front.

In 1832, Walter Hunt developed a machine in his shop in New York City. He incorporated two new ideas. These were the eye-pointed needle and a locking stitch. Many other people contributed to the development of the sewing machine. In 1845, Elias Howe, an apprentice watchmaker from Boston, made a sewing machine that had a curved eye-pointed needle and an underthread shuttle. This machine could sew 250 stitches per minute. That was five times as fast as the fastest hand sewer. In 1846, Isacc M. Singer, an American, produced a machine that had a straight needle and could sew continuously.