BAGS YOU CAN MAKE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21159, 16 April 1932, Page 6 (Supplement)

BAGS YOU CAN MAKE.

ENCHANTING COLOURS. What is it that a woman cannot do without? The answer, surely, to this question is her bag. A good strong one for everyday use and a pretty one to hold her powder puff and handkerchief at a dance. This is where we can let our fancy run wild, for all kinds of original designs and colours can be used to make really dainty bags for evening wear. And for very little, too. An attractive bag can be made of crash. This sounds very plain for evening wear, but the finished bag, which depends upon the colour and workmanship for its effect, is really lovely. . The outside only is of crash, and this is richly covered with embroidery. Choose a bold design for your crash bag, and use three shades of blue, two of green and one of dark brown to temper the whole.

Delphiniums, in tall, upstanding spikes of blue, would look lovely. The bag is lined with blue silk and edged with rosebud trimming, and a silk tassel depends from the lower edge. Tho handles are of crash.

Little girls like to have a pretty bag of their own to take with them when they are invited out to tea.

You could make one in an hour or so with an odd piece of silk, a tiny gilt frame, and a strip of rosebud edging to finish off tho lining. Very novel bags may bo made from the Chinese mats offered in all shops stocking Oriental wares. These como in all sizes, and their beauty of colouring and design would never bo guessed from their price. Suppose the predominant colour in tho mats is a rich maroon and they aro cmblazoned with a dragon in blue and gold, then chooso a lining of satin to tone, and sew each mat and the lining together. It is essential in making round bags that a gusset bo inserted, otherwise tho two sides will lie flat together liko ft dinner plate. This would neither look well, nor would tbe bag hold anything worth while. Tho gusset in (ho Chinese bag is made of a straight strip of the satin, run together liko a tube. This is then drawn insiclo out and pressed flat. The two sides of tho bag are sown to this more than half-way up, and tho remaining length of tubular satin is carried forward to form tho long handle. Hang a Chinese tassel from the lower end and run a narrow gold galon round the whole. A small inner pocket may bo attached to tho lining, and, if fastened with press studs, it will form a safo reccptablo for tickets or purse.