WENDY’S DRESSMAKERS

Taranaki Daily News, 20 December 1930, Page 20 (Supplement)

WENDY’S DRESSMAKERS

MAKING CHRISTMAS PRESENT^. 1 . F.'"x -‘ ‘ . HANDKERCHIEF SACHET AND. . A ■■■ ■GLOVE CASE. ; ' V'’ ' ■ ■ ■ 7 • ‘ .'■ ■ ' An. embroidered linen handerehjef ■a-ehet, with glove case to match, will be a delightful present for Mother, or, l ' Big Sister. For -the sachet, you. will need a piece of linen eight inches wide, : : and twenty-two inches', long. ■:. Lay it flat' oh the table, .mark eight inches- up ~ each of ?the twenty-tyro inch sides,’.and fold it over. Fold up ‘ the remaining six inches, so that you.have an.envelop© bag, as shown in. the tiny Diagram A. . Sew up the sides to form the bag, hem ' the top of the pocket part With the j-tiniest - stitches you' can- manage, and Ztiirntin-a wee , hem-all round the . upper. " flap.,';', I :V'L •;.. Now you. are ready for the embroidery, • Rule a pencil line one and a quar-ter-inches in frojn one ©ide of the flap, .then rule- another the same -, disfaiic©. from.'the .opposite side. Rille two 'similarlines at the top and-bottom edges, and ■ work them with running-stitches ‘ in coloured thread—blue !or red.- on buff : bnen, brown on yellow, purple oh der, and so on. Work a tiny posy in ehch' of the little squares'formed in the ■ . corners; ?, a satin-stitch circle And .two

lazy-daisy stitches for leaves will’.do ; Now pencil, out in the centre of the flap th© initial of the person for’ whom; you ’ are making the sachet. Work this in satin-stitch; draw a wreath round it,- 1 and embroider the . flowers with satinstitch and the leaves -with lazy -daisy stitches, like Diagram C. Use all , the bright-coloured silks you can find for

•this wreath, and embroider a bow in aatin-stiteh at the base. The glove case is trimmed in exactly the same way, but the measurements of the case are different. This should be twelve inches long and six inches wide when it is«made up—Diagrasb. B ogives the number of inches. Work the initial and the wreath in the right-hand. Corner. If you make two tiny lavender bags, and stitch one inside each sachet, £our gift will be all the sweeter. Wendy’s Dressmaker.