WENDY’S DRESSMAKERS

Taranaki Daily News, 26 April 1930, Page 24 (Supplement)

WENDY’S DRESSMAKERS

A DRESS OF SILK AND LACE. So many of you have asked for a pretty dress that you can wear for parties, school concerts, and so on, that there has been a good deal of planning in the Hut! And at last we’ve thought out one which I feel sure you will like. Although it is really a very nice frock, there is nothing in the making of it to alarm the smallest dressmaker. The main part is made of artificial Bilk, in some pretty soft shade like lime-green, powder blue, or rose. And then we must add a deep . hem, wee sleeves, and a little “tucker” of coarse lace. You’ll need about two yards of silk and four yards of lace. Measure yourself from shoulders to waist and across yourself, just as usual, - and cut a piece of material twice this depth and six inches Wider. Fold it lengthways and widthwayfl and cut as shown in ’’the upper part pf the diagram. The skirt, which should be nice and full, ie just two straight strips joined together, but it must be cut six inches shorter than usual. (You see, the lace will be six inches deep, and, when it is joined to- the edge of the material, it will give you ..a dainty hem). ; Sew up the side seams of skirt and bodice; gather the skirt and join it to

the lower edge of the bodice, regulating the fullness carefully as you go; bind the deep'“V” of the bodice front with a scrap of material cut on the cross. Fill in part of this V with a piece of lace, shown in the picture, and sew on the little lace sleeves. If you want a sleeveless frock you may, of course, just bind the armholes instead. Now for the waist-belt, which is formed of wee ribbon Howers stitched to a band that fits round your waist and ie fastened with press-studs. The ribbon should match the dress and be two inches wide. Cut three inches for each flower-petal, fold, and gather up the two edges, as shown in diagrams A and B. Pud up the gathers tightly, make three more petals, and stitch all together to make a flower like the one Tn the picture; three or four little yellow beads sewn in the centre will suggest stamens. When you have made enough flowers, stitch them to the waistband, and your party dress is finished! Wendy’© Dressmaker.'