THE LATEST LAUNDRY BAGS.
Nothing is allowed to be useful only these days; it has to be decorative as well. It is one of the modern rules that beauty must be introduced everywhere, and even such ordinary things as laundry bags are affected "by this new artistic spirit! The newest laundry bags are made to look as ruuch as possible like a lady in a crinoline, and very effective they are, too. You may either choose a dainty china head for your bag, or else one of the new doll’s" heads which are really more like pierrettes. These heads are easily obtained nowadays, since nearly all the shops sell them; but if you can, buy one that has some sort of “ body ” to it, as this makes a mount for the top of the bag. The body should be dressed in a short little waisted coat of flowered cretonne, which opens in front over a neat white vest. Cretonne is also used for the wide
skirt, which is in reality the bag. The bottom of this bag should be at least twenty inches wide, but the top is narrower, since it is gathered in under the coat, to give the effect of a waist. The sides of the skirt are only joined together half-way up, the rest is left open for the insertion of the soiled clothes. The bag hangs on the wall by means of a flat loop of the cretonne, sewn to the back of the doll’s body. A doll’s head is also used for another type of bag which is just made from two long straight pieces of material joined together at the sides and bottom. The doll’s head is sewn in the centre at the top, and the bag is held out straight on either side by a narrow wooden support, which makes the bag look as if it were held up by the doll’s arms. This bag opens at the back by means
of press studs fastening it across the top. If you are making one of these laundry bags for a child, it is a pretty idea to trim it with an appliqued animal or nursery-rhyme figure cut out of coloured cotton material. You can finish the bottom with a buttoned envelope flap to undo to let the soiled clothes slip through when they are to be washech
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18189, 23 June 1927, Page 7
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394THE LATEST LAUNDRY BAGS. Star (Christchurch), Issue 18189, 23 June 1927, Page 7
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