WENDY’S DRESSMAKERS

Taranaki Daily News, 5 October 1929, Page 24 (Supplement)

WENDY’S DRESSMAKERS

51 A Best Dress, please, Dressmaker!” frites one Wendy Lady; and “A Frilly Frock for Dolly!” writes another. Wo. are combining the two requests Ifchis week, children, and are telling you sbout a pretty dress with a frilled skirt, which will be quite easy to make cither lor yourself or for your dolls! The foundation is a perfectly straight ftnd plain little chemise frock, like diagram A. Measure, yourself from shoulder to knees, and cut a piece of material ’twice this length and about twenty-seven inches wide. ((You understand we can’t give any measurements for your doll; you must find them out for yourself). Fold in half lengthways and widthways, flnd cut according to diagram A; make the scooped-out armhole about five inches deep, and then scoop out the neck for about two inches in front. Sew up the aide seams, and make a narrow hem round the bottom; then bind the nrmholes and neck opening with bias-bind-ing. And now for the frills! There arc prreo rows of -these, each three inches inches deep and about two yards long; hem each one -along the bottom edge, join up the short sides, and run a gathering thread along the top. Now look at diagram A again. As

you’ll see by 'the dotted lines, yoii must i'tlle a line two and a half inches up from the hem all round the-dress; this is to mark the position of the lowest frill. Another line, two and a half inches above the first, marks the second frill, and a third the same distance above jihat, marks the last frill. Take the lowest frill, divide it in halves and quarters, and divide the bottom of the skirt into halves and quarters, too, Now pull up the gathers, pin the half-aud-quartcr marks on to the Corresponding points on the frock and stitch- the frill into place. When you’ve gone all round, and have the gathers nice and even, do exactly the same with the second and third frills —diagram B shows you the frill being stitched on. In each case the bottom of the upper frill just comes over the top of the one underneath. Sew a narrow ribbon round the top of the uppermost frill to hide the join there. Now make a frilled collar from a strap

of material two inches deep and about half a yard long, and sew two long ribbons at tho throat, to tie In a bow and hang down the front. And the best dress is finished! Wendy’s Dressmaker.