HOW TO SEW

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 28, 28 October 1937, Page 5

HOW TO SEW

by

Ruth Wyeth Spears >

Mount Your Scallops On Contrasting Fabric

SCALLOPS — scallops everywhere. Necklines are scalloped, skirt hems are scalloped and dress facings are scalloped all the way down the front. Most of thetse are merely faced with self material and they are very easy to do. Here is a different kind that is more interesting, though slightly more trouble to make. The dress shown here is a blue and white print, and the plain material is blue. Just the pockets are trimmed with the mounted scallops. The necktie and the sleeve facings of the plain blue are one inch wide finished. If you use your plain dress pattern for this frock, Ist sure to add a seam allowance to the centre front as this line down the front lends considerable style. And now about those mounted scallops. The whole trick is in turning the curved edge in a good firm line before you mount them on the plain material. The best method is to cut a thin cardboard gauge exactly the size the scallops are to be. Mark the scallops with this gauge and a pencil on the wrong side of the goods. Cut the scallops three-eighths of an inch outside the marking and slash between each one down to the marked line. To turn the raw edge to the wrong side place the cardboard gauge on the fabric ns shown here at A. and press the edge back over it with a warm iron. Make the top part of the pocket double as shown here

at B. then stitch the turned scallops on it. The waist pockets are three and a half inches wide and three and three quarter inches deep finished. The plain part extending a half-inch above tev tops of the scallops. The skirt: pockets are four and a half inches wide and four and three-quarter inches deep fin ; ished. The plain material extends three-quarters of an inch above 'he tops of the scallops. When you have made mounted scallops for pockets, perhaps you would like to try them for a more elaborate trimming.