THE HOME DRESSMAKER

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23364, 2 December 1937, Page 20

THE HOME DRESSMAKER

Modern lingerie has taken a fancy to pretty lace yokes, and you’ll And it a very real economy to line these, and the yokes of your frocks, too, with washing net (says an exchange). Cut the net a quarter of an inch larger than the yoke and tack them together. Let the lower edge of the yoke overlap the right side of the garment and the lower edge of the net. the wrong side (this is for turnings). Sew down the lower edge of the yoke with -mall satin-stitches, taken through both material and the net. Afterwards you can safely trim away the raw edges of the net. Turn in the neck edge of the net so that it is level with the neck of the yoke, and lightly oversew together. Most mothers find it such a good plan to make the linings for little boys’ knickers detachable. These linings can be cut from old cotton frocks or overalls. Instead of buttoning or tacking them in, stitch flat loops of tape to the waist edge, as on men’s pants. Braces can then be slipped through the loops, or the loops can be passed over singlet or blouse buttons when the little one is still at the button-on-age. If using a ladder on a polished surface, place underneath its feet two squares of coarse sandpaper, glued together back to back, thus giving a grip on both the floor and the ladder. >l' '{■ To remove stains from fresh or cooked fruit, cover the stain with pure glycerine, leave all night, wash and boil the article as usual the next day.