WENDY’S DRESSMAKERS

Taranaki Daily News, 19 May 1928, Page 20

WENDY’S DRESSMAKERS

Sly Dear Children, —Some Wendy ladies want to know how to make coloured wool posies for their hats and buttonholes. There are many pretty

kinds, but I think we’ll do the simplest to-day

Suppose you decide on a litle bunch ci violets; you’ll want a twopenny ball of bright green wool for the stalks, and a ball each of pale and deep mauve wool for the flowers. Cut some six-inch lengths of green; take one strand double it, and then thread a big needle with mauve wooL Make four little mauve loops at the doubled end of the green wool, as shown in Diagram A, and fasten off. Practice will soon show you what size to make the loops; each one will be about a quarter of an inch long. With a needleful of yellow wool you cab add tiny centres to the flowers if you like. When you’ve made as many flowers as you need for a good-sized bunch, tie them loosely together with a scrap of raffia. Using different coloured’ wools, you can suggest all kinds of different flowers. Scarlet for geraniums, deep yellow for cowslips, blue for forget-me-nots, and so on. Another pretty posy is made of about

eight little woolly balls, and you do them this way: Take a piece of cardboard an inch wide, and wind your wool about thirty-six! times round, as shown in Diagram B. Thread a needle with wool or strong cotton, thread it under the loops, pull tight, and tie. (Diagram C.) Take the tied loops off the card, and cut through the untied ends, then shake out well to form a small fluffy ball, cutting away any long untidy ends. Fasten each “flower” firmly to a doubled length of green wool. By varying the size of the cardboard, and the number of wool loops, you can make larger or smaller “Howers.” A posy consisting of scarlet, blue, orange, yellow, and violet wool blossoms with bright green stalks, would look very pretty; or, if you prefer. you can keep them all in one colour, or in two tones of the same colour. Next week I’ll tell you how to make dear little crochet flowers for your buttonhole. Wendy’s Dressmaker.

THE PIXY PEDLAR. Oh, through the streets of Goblin town, On nimble tip-a-toes, And round the forest, up and down. The Pixy pedlar goes. In feathered hat of jaunty grace, He bears his pedlar’s tray. And eries in Goblin market-place: “Come! Buy my fairings gay I” “Here’s shepherd’s purse for thrifty elves, And moonbeam bracelets fine, Bright dewdrop trimmings—see yourselves What wondrous wares are mines I’ve mystic charms, and magie spells, And potions, very rare, Tied neatly up in foxglove bells, • With threads of maiden hair!” "And here’s the latest lullaby, To soothe your babes to sleep; I heard it from the summer sky, Come buy! it’s very cheap! Here's rainbow-dye, to tint your wings, With silk, for their repair. And lady-slippers, dainty things For Pixy-maidens’ wear.” Oh, through the streets of Gobltn town, On nimble tip-a-toes, And round the forest, up and down.. The Pixy pedlar goes. “Come fairies, buy!” is still iris cry, “Come! buy my fairings gay!” Perhaps you'll see .him tripping by, Who knows? Yon might, one day!