WHEN THE CHILD OUTGROWS HER CLOTHES.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3439, 5 March 1932, Page 7

WHEN THE CHILD OUTGROWS HER CLOTHES.

When a child is growing very quickI ly, it is wise to provide her only with the minimum of garments. Even bo, the mother will frequently find that the small girl has many perfectly I good clothes that are no longer really comfortable. Take, for instance, the little staybodice on to which other "undies" are buttoned. When this becomes too tight, remedy,the fault by unstitching the shoulder seams and inserting in each a few inches of elastice of the' same width. This will provide roomy armholes and give suitable play at the shoulders. It is obvious that a too-short skirt may be lengthened by means of a false hem, a flounce, or a band of contrasting material —the last repeated, for the sake of uniformity, at the 'cuffs and belt. But it is not so easy 1 to widen a dress that has become too narrow. To insert panels at the sides is seldom satisfactory, since they alter too drastically the set of the frcck and make puckers where the new material drags upon the old. Far better to cut open the dress in the centre front. In some cases it will suffice if it is cut only as far as the waist, the V being filled in with a vestee. In other cases, it may be necessary to cut right down to the hem and insert wide brail or a strip of fancy trimming, adding little groups of small buttons at the sides to suggest that the treatment was originally planned.