Jottings About Town

NZ Truth, Issue 1211, 14 February 1929, Page 16

Jottings About Town

Pyjama-Frock TP this season finds you with any silk A or washing cotton frocks, for which you can't find immediate use, why not turn the top of your frock into the pyjama jumper? If the frock is m two pieces, first cut the bodice from the skirt, anfl if m one, then cut the garment across below the hips. Bind it with some of the material left over from the pants, make a girdle, and there you are. At the worst, it makes an alternative top to a pair of pyjama pants, and at the best, it replaces the worn-out top Of a suit. Sometimes the tops split under the arms, and you are left with a perfectly good pair of trousers. Don't rriind if your frock was a bit ornamental, for all the latest pyjamas are very dressy affairs, and are made of every imaginable material, provided it is soft enough to sleep m with comfort. Nothing could be softer than a well-washed silk or voile. A plain voile frock, when turned into a pyjama coat, can be smartened with lace insertions or hemstitching, and made to be a very dainty garment. Plain silk tops can be made .more intriguing by applique of bird 3 and powers, or cross stitch or satin stitch embroidery. An ingenious brain -can contrive a dozen ways of brightening the life of one of these garments.