FOR THE TINY TOTS.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2670, 2 May 1925, Page 9

FOR THE TINY TOTS.

OUR DRESSMAKING CORNER. My Dear Children; Hou are you getting on with Miss Holland’s dress? To-day we are going: to make her brother’s suit.

“Master Hans” wears enormous baggy trousers, and we'll make them first. Almost any cotton material will do and you’ll need a piece twice his depth from waist to ankle, and four times his width across. Fold the stuff lengthways, _ and widthways, and cut as shown in the diagram, from A down to B, then from C to D, and, finally, along the top from A to E. Open out, sew up the side seams and the inner leg seams; hem the top edge and the two leg openings, and then run an elastic through each of the three casings. One or two different coloured patches on each knee will greatly improve the appearance of Master Hans’s brooches! and don’t forg-et to sow a couple of large buttons on the top of them in front,

How to make “Master Hans’ ” Suit

just for effect. The shirt is cut like our old friend the Magyar jumper, with rather longer sleeves than usual —I think a scarlet shirt would look very jolly, don’t you ? So suppose we decide on red Fold the .stuff in the same way as for the trousers, and cut as shown in the diagram. Sew up the side seams, hem the bottom, and the sleeve openings, and turn the nock in neatly. Run elastic through the sleeve edges to keep them nice a'ud tight, and the shirt is finished.

"Dutchic” always wears a scarf, so those of you who knit or crochet must make him one out of scraps of brightly coloured wools; but, if you can’t knit, a strip cut off an old stocking will do quite as well, if you buttonhole the edges, and embroider a striped border of different coloured wool at each end.

Hans' cap is quite simple to make; you must use black stuff of some kind Cut a strip two inches deep and as long as round his head, and then cut a circle for the crown. Join up the brim and sew it on to the crown. Then, when you have hemmed the bottom edges, the cap is finished, and Master Hans can go to join Miss Holland. The Dolls’ Dressmaker.