HELPING THE HOMEDRESSMAKER

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 388, 23 June 1928, Page 20

HELPING THE HOMEDRESSMAKER

SOME INVALUABLE “GADGETS” The woman who cares to familiarise herself with the various gadgets that are now sold to minimise the trouble of home dressmaking will find that the task of keeping her wardrobe in order is very considerably facilitated. The ready-made skirt-top of soft material, with a deep elastic band al-, ready slipped through the neatly-made hem, is invaluable. To fashion a ready-to-wear skirt, you have merely to sew to the edge of this top a length of pleated silk or a width of tweed. The top measures four inches in depth, and all the fashionable colours of the moment are represented. The zip fastener is now sold in just the length that is suitable for the opening of a high-collared frock. This fastening, which is wrought upon a fairly wide tape, forms a backing for the material, and renders the task of “neatening off” very simple. Another useful gadget is the bias J binding, which is sold in lengths sufficient to finish off the neck and sleeves of the frocks of the moment. This binding is folded, and its edges turned in fiat, so that even the amateur cannot ?o wrong. Women who are puzzled by the multitude of lingerie straps vdiichc spoil the appearance of evening dresses will be glad of the neat little clips which, with the narrowest of ribbons, will hold up all the “undies” with but a single line to show’. Contraptions for frustrating ladders in silk stockings are w’orth including in the workbox equipment.