HOW TO SEW

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 259, 29 July 1937, Page 6

HOW TO SEW

by

Ruth Wyeth Spears

VELVETEEN FROCK TRIMMED IN STITCHING

WALLIS blue velveteen makes this smart frock. The buttons down the front are covered with the dress fabric. The buttons on the skirt have no buttonholes. It io not absolutely necessary that there be buttonholes for the upper buttons as the closing may be arranged with snaps under the buttons. The bat wing tie and the applied sections at the top of the sleeves lend a great deal of interest. Here they are cut so that you may add them to any good plain dresp pattern. Remember that when rows of stitching are being made for trimming there is a tendency for the machine foot to push the upper layer of material forward a little. A wrinkled effect results if several rows of basting are not used. The tie shown here is made double. Cut the outside layer first and then use it for a pattern for the facing. You will need a piece of material 34 inches long and five inches wide, as shown in the upper diagram. Fold it the short way through the centre as at A, and then cut it according to the dimensions given in this diagram. ■When both tie tut! facing have been cut. baste them with right sides together and stitch around the edges, leaving an opening at one side the length of the neck measurement of the dress. Turn right side out through this opening. Baste opening to neck edge of dress, then baste

all around tie and through centre before stitching. Cut two pieces exactly the same size for the tops of the sleeves. These should he about five inches deep and rounded at tile bottom. Turn under the rounded edge and baste it to the sleeve top as at B. I hen trim the top to follow the shape of the sleeve as shown.