WENDY’S DRESSMAKERS.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 December 1930, Page 8 (Supplement)

WENDY’S DRESSMAKERS.

(COVERLET FOR BABY’S“CARRIAGE”

'■ 1 , ' A coverlet for a baby’s perambulator, Ss a lovely thing to make, and I .advice (you ito set about one. at once, if you ; have a wee brother or sister. -'■ , You will need a piece of soft white ' ifllannel about twenty inches wide and thirty inches long—it depends on the (size' of the top ’of the carriage.. ..You ; ■ ' will need'also enough' inch-wide satin; ribbon to bind, the cover all round —‘ '■.! choose this in rose, blue or lavender. Buy some penny skeins of wool, too, in • soft, dainty shades-like pink, mauve,„ (primrose, pale green and sky blue; First mark out the flannel in twelve.

finch squares, three across, and four down, as shown in the sketch. Then Ithread a. needle ,with one of the coloured [wools—say. green—and work, running [stitches all along .the. lines of the squares, making the stitches about half ian inch long and leaving a quarter of lan inch between,-as shown in Diagram ;C. Now work'little, groups of flowery • at all the places' where the lines cross. The groups'need not. be the same, but, [Diagram A gives you an idea for one Of them. Work some of the. flowers fin buttonhole stitch, some with straight - Stitches round a satin stitch, and some (with four lazy-daisy stitches in cross [formation. Tiny green lazy-daisy leaves here and there will complete the posies. Fold the ribbon binding down its length, slip the edge of the cover between the two sides, tack it firmly all' round, and mitre tlfe corners carefully [when you get to them. Then sew the ribbon to the cover with buttonhole •stitches in green wool, as shown in. Diagram B, taking care to go right through, to the other, side and catch the •undeif part of the binding. Pull out the tackings, press,, the cover over a damp cloth, and it is ready to be presented to the Important Small Person. Wendy’s Dressmaker. ‘ AN ERROR. “’Ere, George, 5 ’ cried a navvy to his * mate, as they passed a lecture hall, where an address on “The Era of Cleanliness” was announced, “Let’s go in and hear what the bloke’s got to say. I always thought it was an error my-