How to Make an Evening Coat of Sash Ribbon.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 20, 19 May 1909, Page 69

How to Make an Evening Coat of Sash Ribbon.

Sash ribbon has many uses. A yard and a half of rich chine ribbon seven inches wide —ter a slight figure—can be converted into a charming little coat for evening or afternoon to be worn over a lace slip, and there is nothing in the annals of home-dressmaking which is easier to evolve than a garment of this description, whieh consists of only three parts. In making the little vetement, six inches at one end should be cut off, and the remaining yard and twelve inches divided equally in half, making two lengths of twenty-four inches. These represent the fronts and back of the coat. The two strips of ribbon should be bound with a bias strap of plain silk to match the groundwork of the pattern, or a binding of narrow silk or satin ribbon may be used, whieh should edge all sides. To give the effect of tails at the back, the ribbon at the lower ends should be mitred. Nothing remains at this stage but to join the ribbon together under the arms and to connect the two sides by means of the six-inch length of ribbon, introducing this in the V-shaped opening at the back. Two large fancy buttons thouhl be s» wn on above the waist, to give a quasiEn.p're effect.