WENDY’S DRESSMAKERS

Taranaki Daily News, 27 September 1930, Page 20 (Supplement)

WENDY’S DRESSMAKERS

TO MAKE A TENNIS DRESS.' < ' ’ , . r '. i ' “£ tennis frock, please!” has been the rtquest from several little dressmakeis lately, eo we’ll see how to make one this week. You will need about three yards of white linen.' pique, or case-ment-cloth for the dress, which lie. made 'in two parts; a fairly close-fitting bodice' that reaches to the hips and is belted at jthe waist, and a skirt which . has three flat pleats each side.' The pleats make, .fife dress look'.very trim, and allow plenty of room for jumping after difficult shots! Measure yourself from your shoulders to your hips and. across your chest; then cut a piece of material twice this length and half as wide again. Fold . widthways and lengthways, and cut as r shown in the upper part of diagram A, making a square neck-opening and curved armholes. Open out . the material, sew up the side seams, bind the neck and armholes with cross way strips of- material, and' well press all ■■ joins. ■-. . The skirt, 'which is about three /times tho width of . the bodice,-is made of two pieces of material joined together each side. Pin the bodice to the skirt at centre back and centre 'front, and then pleat the material each side until it fits the edg< of the bodice, taking care to get the pleats even. Tack down the pleats from top to bottom, as shown in 'diagram B, and tack the skirt to the bodice. Try on, and. if the dress hangs well, sew bodice and skirt firmly together. \ : ' This sounds.a bit complicated, doesn’t it? But if. you go carefully and slowly, you’ll be able to manage it quite, well. • -. Hem the-bottom of . the skirt. Make an inch-wide ayaistrbelt, stitch one- end of the belt to a plain white buckle and work two or three eyelet holes in the opposite end. ;■ Draw two' crossed racquets, diagram D,- ou the front of the bodice, and. embroider them in white or coloured threads, press, the frock well —and .put it'pn!. Wendy’s Dressmaker. . ■ z '“ ■ , ' ■ •HittiHtiMitiiiiiiiiiitHiiHniiitiitiiiiiHriiiiititiiiHiiHtitnriipi

HIDDEN BOYS’ NAMES. ' (Sent by. Eileen Richardson.) I am going to be top at our school. Pat. ~ He could not guess, nor many others who tried.—Norman. I do not like geography. —Don. We had some tinned peaches and cream- —Ned. J