WENDY’S DRESSMAKERS

Taranaki Daily News, 22 November 1930, Page 8 (Supplement)

WENDY’S DRESSMAKERS

COW TO MAKE A PARTY FROCK. ’l'/ , • -

Here Is the party dress we promised you last week, little dressmakers. Don’t you think it is a pretty one ? It .would ' look adorable in peach-pink artificial silk on a dark-haired Wendy Lady, or in lavender-blue on a fair girl. It takes about three yards of material for a child from ten to twelve years old. Diagram 1 shows you the shape of the bodice, which should reach three or

four inches below the waist; and Diagram 2 ©hows the skirt, which reaches to just above the knees. Lay a teaplate along the bottom of the skirt, pencil round to give you on© scallop, move the and make another scallop bssidey'tl)e : ;first, and so oh. Cut out the scallops, -sew up the side seams of the skirt and then bind scalloped edge ■with narrow, .crossway stripe of material. Yqu. can,.-make a plain narrow hem, if you feel this fancy edge is too much for you to tackle. Sew up the.’side seams of the bodice,' gather the top. of the skirt, and sew bodice and skirt together. Bind the armholes and the neck with matching silk ribbon, 1 stitch a little flat bow to the left side of -’the neck, and similar hows on th© shoulders. Now for the, sash-waistbelt, which is, the greatest fun of all to make. You want about one and a half yards of Tib bon about two inches wide. The part that goes round your waist is trimmed with roses, andthe ends tie in a jaunty bow. behind Diagram shows you what the b&ck view is like). Each rose.is made from a strip of silk, twelve inches long and ..two. inches wide. Fold the strip down ,-it© Length a gathering thread. ',along the two''•edges, as shown in Diagram 'A; pull up slightly and fold one end rofind, like Diagram B. Secure with a dtitch; fold round again, like Diagram C; stitch again, and continue round and round till the finished rose looks like Diagram D. When you have made enough flowers, stitch them to the sash, as indicated in Diagram E. Tie it around.your waist, land the dress is ready for your first party. Wendy's Dressmaker.