A POCHETTE FOR EVERY FROCK.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2340, 9 January 1926, Page 6

A POCHETTE FOR EVERY FROCK.

The modern pochette should match th e modern frock if the toilette, as a whole, is to be a success. It is. therefore, an excellent plan to make these little bags at home. Th e usual difficulty experienced by the amateur pochette maker lies in Ihe lack of a sufficiently stiff foundation. An old book cover of the required size will do away with quite a lot of this trouble, and make an interlining: which will keep the pochette quite firm when in use. The silk covering must be measured half as long again as the book cover when opened out flat; this allows enough material for the flap, which will be lined with buckram. The silk lining, if sufficiently thick, can be pasted neatly to the inside of , the hook cover, the edges being turnjed over so that they are hidden when the outer cover of the bag is attached. Small stitches :n embroidery silk will

noaten lining and outer cover at the edges, and a large press stud will serve as a fastening. See that the sides of the pochette are strong enough to ki c the contents,secure when in use. A little embroidery in steal beads, or a fiat button of cut steel or jet, will give a still more professional appearance to tho home-made bag. The gilt and coloured leathfers sold for coat collars and cuffs lend themselves admirably to pochette making, for they are thin and supple, and quite easy to manipulate. Th e mottled ones are practical, since they can be used with a variety-of toilettes of different hues, and look in keeping- with each.

Illustration for letterpress “Chess Board, Checks." , The broad belt is made of lengths of black and white satin ribbon interlaced to -give a chequered effect. The cushion Is In two harmonising shades of ribbon, while tho borders of the casement curtains are simply darned in two shades of wool.