HINTS AND IDEAS.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 230, 28 September 1929, Page 4 (Supplement)

HINTS AND IDEAS.

BAGS FOR HAMMOCKS. Simplicity should be the keynote in the furnishings of a seaside or country cottage. Keeping this in mind, some Australian women last summer used bran bags for curtaining off verandah quarters and sheltering slceping-out porches. Well washed, joined together with coarse insertion and outlined in faggoting stitch, the bags make most charming curtains. A comfortable hammock, which can be slung under a shady tree, can be made from. a.flour bag or corn aack. Open the bag down the sides. When it is spread out it is about 79 inches long. The only other thing needed is eight feet of clothesline and an old broomstick. Allow .four feet - of rope for each side. This will give you enough to keep each side firm and strong ties at either end to hang the hammock up by. An easy way to attach the rope is to lay the bag flat , on the floor. Place four feet of rope, along the edge of one side of the bag, leaving even lengths over at the top and bottom. Take a good turning of the bag and fold over the rope, tacking it into position with a packing needle. Do the same with the other side. Measure the width of the bag and saw two pieces of corresponding length off an _old broomstick. Place these one at the top and one at the bottom, yewing in the same way as you did the rope. Any boy would take a delight in making a hammock of this kind. In an emergency it could be used as a sleeping hammock.

AN ELABORATE DESIGN— Black taffeta with a deep rose border, beneath which falls a heavy lace underskirt —dipping to the ground at the back—are features of this charming evening gown. —Fashioned by "Louvre," J*^"" -