CANVAS LINING

NZ Truth, Issue 1192, 4 October 1928, Page 19

CANVAS LINING

Promts j^ul^ng^ m If you. are making ryo.ur own top- ;-fj-.; coat for the spring, a good tip is to --- • put canvas- in the fronts. ' MANY tailbr-riiade shop coats do not m have this lining, but you wiii find that your coat will set better ;i__t; tfiq front and will not. bulge when you -£it down.;-": - ._. .-- y // After adding the canvas and back the rfevers, just bind jthe fold with a tape, drawing it along very tightly, so that m effect the fold is cased m a trifle. : '■''.'•"' Then it will/ stay flat to your chest from the; day you. first put it on until you scrap it.--Jj'J,^' v .- ■■-■: jjj. If not,- the tfold,.. being ;cut on.;t___ja. , cross; aliyaysT^ Great care niust 'lie tiaken with .the*, making of 'the topcoat If it-is -,to-_se*' properly, ancl look: like theTgenuirie^iSSilored article. '■• . '" , . ■ ...'i ..- ; -.^. . ."•;/ It should be made as plainly as^pos-' sible, as any eccentricity, of cui-ci is a snare and a delusion tb^he amateur, dressmaker. y r All the warmth neeessairy fo»v spring wear can be obtained with a half or three-quarter length lining of crepe-de-chine or thin brocaded satin, and this saves expenditure. Revers and /cuffs of suede, with a suede belt to match, make a very effective finish to a coat of this kind, arid the latest London craze is for tweed and leather combined. If you have an old leather coat, cut it up and add leather revers, cuffs and pockets, as well as a belt, to your coat. .".Leather always look's good no matter " how well worn it has been. The same applies to a really good clipped fur, which combines well with tweed, ancl . also to the gazelle and antelope skinei now so fashlonabU,