FOR THE SEAMSTRESS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 21 June 1926, Page 8

FOR THE SEAMSTRESS

If the sewing machine is not working smoothly and you are tucking fine material such ns‘ voile or other soft thin fabric, slip a strip of light wrapping paper under material. This holds the material firm and prevents puckering. LOOKING AHEAD In making the baby’s layette, have the hems of the. little dresses to be used for everyday wear, machine'hemstitched. Then when it is time to shorten them, the dresses can he cut through the hemstitching and a dress with a dainty, pivoted edge is ready to wear. If desired, narrow lace may he sewed on the edge. A SIMPLE METHOD When doing llie sewing for several children, try this way of making simple gathers. Lengthen 'lie stitch in your sewing machine to its greatest extent. Ptileh the material where it is to be fathered and pull the shuttle thread. ? full skirt tor a child’s dress can be gathered in less than five minutes by this method. SEWING ON A POCKET When stitching pockets on children’s clothes, begin in the middle of the.bottom of the; pocket,, stitch to the top on one side, '[lien turn-.and . stitch .down again. Repeal, for the other side,.beginning again at the middle. A pocket stitched in this way will not rip off easily, nor will the wearer soon be troubled with a hulc in it. THE INVISIBLE MEND To mend holes almost invisibly, in wool dresses and suits. pull some threads from the seams of the garment, and use them to. darn the boles. In this way the thread is exactly the same, colour as the material .and the darn cart scarcely be seen. • THREADING BEADS j

If tli(> thread on which you are string-! itig heads for crochet work breaks, in-; stead of stringing the beads left on the broken thread with a needle, try this plan. Splice the broken ends of thread with a piece of sewing silk ahead three inches long. Tie the silk securely to the thread and the bends can then be easily slipped to the main thread.