A New Plan For Fancy-Workers And Home-Dressmakers.

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 66, 28 November 1913, Page 1

A New Plan For FancyWorkers And HomeDressmakers.

Our women readers doubtless know that it has always been difficult to obtain satisfactory paper patterns —patterns, that is, that, are reliable in cut, up-to-date in style, to understand and u<o. Children’s things and sometimes young girls are generally available, for styles in these garments do not vary so much. But without expending a good deal of bother, time end mone-v, up-to-date patterns f< r grown up people that can belaid out and cut without risking the material have been difficult to obtain. “ Every lady’s Journal ’’-—the popular Australian woman’s magazine—has tackh d the whole problem in a most ingenious manner, and' at the same time launched a new Australian industry. A staff of expert dressmakers was employed to make a list of every possible garment., from infant's binders to grandmother’s frocks, not forgetting Johnnie’s knickers. Many’s bathing-suit, father’s pyjamas, and Clarence's tennis shirt, that the average Australian family needs. The result was a list of somewhere round 130 high-class and tested patterns. The patterns were then gathered into sixteen carefully select m groups called Outfits to enable these perfectly cut patterns to he sold at about half the usual price. For example, all the garments that a baby in short clothes is likely to want were put up as an Infant’s Short Clothes Outfit, containing nightdress, feeder, pilcher, drawers, petticoat, bonnet, yoke dress, tunic dress, cloak, sac coat, and a smocked frock. Just the same way each cluster of patterns was wisely grouped into appropriate outfits, thus making a complete range for the whole family. Each sing; 1 pattern within these new outfits has its separate envelope, on which is printed ful directions for cutting and mak-1 . ig, and the ffe outfits sell at the low price of 2/6 each, which comes t> about threepc nc • ft>r each pattera. if a woman wishes to buy a single pattern only from any Outfit she may do so at the usual price of ninepence. On this plan the whole series of pa terns has been treated. There is the ” Small Boy Outfit," the “School Boy Outfit," the “School Girl Outfit.’ the " Maternity Outfit,” and the’ “ Utility Outfit” -most of which are cut in two or three sizes—and 50,,0n over a range of 130 iped into L 6 iisdraper, free o* . by sending a penny stamp iu c.v office of "Everylady’" Journal,” This c&n be obtained either from the local draper free of cost, or post free by sending a penny stamp to the office of “Everyiady’s Journal,’’ 376 Swans*..>n Street, Melbourne. Exactly tiie same plan has been applied t > Fancy Work | Transfer Designs. S venty-two designs based on Australian flora have, been grouped into eight ; u it fits at half-a-crnwn per outfit. Full details and drawings of j these are also contained in the ; catalogue. We strongly recommand this new Pattern and Fancy-Work