HOME HINTS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1485, 6 July 1912, Page 11

HOME HINTS.

Fastening a Yoke.—When making a bodice with a light laco yoke, a good plan, instead of sewing it in, is to put snap fasteners on, then it can easily bo removed for washing without tho trouble of unpicking. To make pillow-slips last twice as long as usual, directly 'they begin to wear thin rip open the bottom and sow up again, so that what was originally back and front is now two sides, and vice versa. If circular calico has been. used thcro will bo no seam down the middlo; thus you will double tho wear and avoid unsightly patches. Tho tops of stockings wear into holes where tho supporter is fastened. Try running a line of machine stitching round the stocking, about tin. below the position of the fastener, well stretching tho material while stitching. This will prevent tho slocking web running nnd forming "ladders" so tiresome to mend. Skirts and dresses have nn unpleasant way of splitting down below tho limit fixed for the placket hole, however firmly they nro stitched, and some thin fabrics show and look unsightly on the outer side. An excellent plan is to sow a hook and eye at the extreme end of tho placket, and hook it together, then pinch tho hook down tightly to prevent its coming undone again. This will keep neat and prevent the opening from tearing down when the dress is slipped on or off. A blouse hint. Get five patent fasteners and sew tho point end on to the waist of blouso, one at the back and two on either side. Then take tho eyelets and sew on to a piece of wide elastic to correspond. Fasten elastic with hook and eye at ends. This is excellent for a blouse not lined, as the blouso rises and slips down again in position when reaching tho arms up and down.

When the yoke of a nightdress becomes worn, cut off the nightdress skirt, tako out the sleeves, and sew it together across tlte top, leaving a small opening through which the hook of a coat nangcr may be slipped, and use it to protect a light dress hanging in the wardrobe. Washed but seldom, it will last a long time, and will be found more convenient than a bog, as it is so much easier to insert the dress without . crushing. For Home Dressmakers.—When a seam becomes cockled in machining, press with a warm iron on the right side, laying a piece of the same material over; gently null the seam as you run the iron along. By so doing you will shrink tho material; thus the team becomes quite smooth. When turning up tho hem of a skirt, loosen the stitch on the machine, and stitch round the bottom edge. Then carefully ease down, and sew. This will save putting darts and also set much better. Laco curtains look nicer, and are moro easily done, if mangled before ironing. Fold evenly once or twice down the centre,, and pass through the mangle. They will need very little ironing. Just as they lay folded, especially the scalloped edges, with a good hot iron. Uso only moderately thick starch.