TALKING OF POUCHETTES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 282, 13 November 1929, Page 10

TALKING OF POUCHETTES

HAVE YOU MADE ONE YET?

(P.-r “Olive.”) Wouldn't you like to make a pochette? 'lhere are such prettyones—worked in raffia, in wool, in silks, or made of brocades, silk, or sensible tweeds. They are really so easy to make, too, but don’t make the usual mistake of amateurs and try to stiffen your pochette with buckram, as it certainly will “buck,’’ as well as crack, break and refuse to lie flat. No, for good results use a double thickness of tailor’s canvas, with a very thin layer of cotton wool on top between the canvas and material. (Don’t forget the layer, as it heips a great deal to make the pochette a success.)

Th next “don’t" is in connection with ironing the finished article, as this tends to make the corners curl up. Instead, place the pochette in a book and pile a few weighty old books on -jp—it is just as well to make use or them sometimes! Leave to set all night, and your pochette will be as fiat as flat. Then you will need to pay a visit to a leather goods shop with your precious pochette to have it press stuaded.