CORNER FOR BUSY BEES

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 96, 24 April 1931, Page 15 (Supplement)

CORNER FOR BUSY BEES

YOURS FOR THE MAKING. A DAINTY POCHETTE. Dear Girls, — The tiny pochette shown in the accompanying illustration is of exceptionally pretty design and any Busy Bee would be proud to own it. The things required for the making of the pochette are very few and may be obtained at quite a small cost from any draper. A. picce of soft linen of a suitable shade is the main material required, and this is cut into two pieces each 12J inches long by 8£ inches wide. A piece of buckram is also needed, the size of this being 12 inches by 8 inches. This is the foundation for the pochette. When making.the pochette first of all cut out the linen and, choosing one piece as the outside material (the second piece is the lining), make a fold 4 inches up from the bottom edge as shown in the accompanying illustration. Next work a flower garden scene" upon the flap, using coloured cotton and neat stitches to obtain the desired effcct. The rose bush in the centre of the illustration is two and a half inches high and all stems of the

flowers should finish a quarter of an inch up from the bottom edge. Tha kind of flowers • worked may be left largely to the individual, although hollyhocks, delphiniums, daisies and smaller rose bushes are recommended as being both effective and easy to work. Press the linen when the design ha 3 been worked, then proceed to make up the pochette. Flace the buckram on top of the embroidered linen, taking special care to have it exactly in the centre, then fold over the edges of the linen and sew it down to the buckram. Next turn in the edges of the other piece of linen, making it fit exactly upon the buckram foundation, then sew it firmly all round the edges. When this has been done fold the pochette four inches up from the bottom and sew the sides together to form a bag. Bind the top and sides with coloured wool - braid, as shown in the second little diagram, and sew press studs on the bottom of the pochette and at the edge of the flap. No pochette is complete without a tiny purse which, fitting inside it, allows money to be carried without any fear of stray coins slipping under the flap and being lost. This is easily made from another small piece of linen and can be attached to the pochette by a short length of coloured cord, one end of which is sewn to the purse, the other being stitched inside the pochette. _ . Being of exceptionally simple design and needing no expensive materials, this pochette is indeed yours for the making.