NEW PLAN FOR HOME DRESSMAKERS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1889, 25 October 1913, Page 11

NEW PLAN FOR HOME DRESSMAKERS.

Women readers doubtless know that It has always been difficult to obtain eatisfactory paper patterns —patterns, that is, that aro rehablo in out, up-to-date in style, easy to understand and use. Children's things and sometimes young girls' are generally available, for stylos in those garments do not vary so much. But without expending a good deal of bother, time, and money up-to-date patterns for grown-up people, that can be laid out and cut without risking the material, have been difficult to obtain. ''Evorylady's Journal" has provided a list of every possible garment, from infants binders to grandmothers' frocks, not forgetting Johnnie's knickers, Mary's bathing-suit, fathers pyjamas, and Clarence's tennis shirt. Tho list included about 130 patterns. The patterns were then gathered into sixteen carefully selected groups, oallod Outfits. For example, all the garments that a baby in short, dlothes is likely to want were put, up as an Infant's Short-olothes Outfit, containing nightdress, feeder, pilchor, drawers, petticoat, bonnet, yoke dress, tunio dross, cloak, sao coat, and a smocked frock. Each single pattern within an Outfit has its separate envelope, on which is printed full directions for cutting and making, and the sixteen different Outfits sell for the low prico of 2s. 6d. each, whioh comes to about threepence for each pattern. Ir a woman wishes to buy a single pattern only from any Outfit, she may do bo at the usual price of ninepence. There is the "Small Boy" Outfit, theTe are the "School Boy" Outfit andi the "School Girl" Outfit, the "Maternity" Outfit, and the ""Utility" Outfit —most of which aro cut in two or three sizes, and so on. That this is a comprehensive scheme is beat gathered from the catalogue, which can be obtained either from tho local draper free of cost or post free by sending, a penny stamp to the office of "Evervlady's Journal" (3/6 Swanston Street, Melbourne). "Exactly the same plan has been applied to fanoywork transfer designs. Seventytwo. designs based on Australian flora have been grouped into eight Outfits at lialf-a-ci'own per Outfit. Full details and drawings of these are also contained in tho catalogue.