YOUR PRETTIEST PETTICOATS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20402, 2 November 1929, Page 6 (Supplement)

YOUR PRETTIEST PETTICOATS

Do you find that yoar ribbon shoulderstraps wear out ever so much sooner than the undies they hold up, and that they cost quite a lot to renew ? If you make them of the same material as yo'ur petticoats and cami-knicKers they will last every Lit as long—and won't cost a pennv, for there are always strips left over after cutting out the garments. They can be just as dainty as ribbon straps, too, ii you take the trouble to hemstitch ihem, and they are ever so tnnch stronger. _ . Von will need two strips of material, each about eighteen inches long by two and a half wide (this a good margin for turning in and sewing on at each end). Draw three or four threads lengthways down the middle of each strip. Turp m material at each side to make two nalfinch hems separated only by the space f where the threads are drawn, and hem- j stitch neatly— this makes a very effective , open-work iine down the middle of strap. Turn in the ends and sew very finnly to vour undies, inside the lace or binding at the top— a good way is to slip-hem the bottom and sides of strap and top sew it to the edge oi garment. If von have a hemstitched border to vour 'undies, so much the better. And don't forget that the straps should be about two inches nearer together at the back than at the front of the garment, to prevent them from slipping down over vour shoulders^^^^^^^^^^^