A RUSSIAN BLOUSE-COAT.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 278, 25 May 1917, Page 3 (Supplement)

A RUSSIAN BLOUSE-COAT.

Ono of tho most popular patterns is the Russian coat, that is made lor mdoor and outdoor wear and of various seasonable materials. It is often touched up with fur, and is charmingly represented in velveteen and cloth, and also in such materials as oolienne, merv, and crepe de chine for home wear, the woman who i.s sensitive tto draughts and chills finding a picturesque and by 110 means (expensive protection is a Russian blouse-coat made of black crepe ed chine, that can l>e ."lipped oil over the ordinary blouse or dress-bodice, the Russian ccat being quite loose and worn without a bolt, or. if preferred, with a loosely-tied sash. When mad for outdoor wear, tho Russian coat is beltod. A very becoming Russian blouse-coat is illustrated, and it is intended for velveteen, to be worn over a cloth or velveteen skirt, but m'ght, of course, be of cloth or serge. The coat is trimmed with fur at the throat and wrists and down the left-front, ijver the closing, and as H is a very simple pattern, the home dressmaker may be advised to copy it, for it. is easier to turn out successfully a. loose-fitting coat after this type than a fitted one with a good deal of modelling about 't. The paper pattern of the coat is in four parts, namely, one front, half the back, one sleeve, and half the bolt. Tho quantity of material required is

about 3 a yards, 41 inches wide, allowing for a 31-inch length. The half-back pattern should be laid to a fold of materia!, the velveteen or whatever material is used, being folded in naif, lengthwise. The half-belt pattern should a-lso be la-id to the fold. The patterns of front of coat and sleeve should be laid on the material opened out to its full width. As these patterns must be cut out in duplicate, tho material can bo doubled; but care must be taken to place tho two pieces mj that the pile runs in the some direction, and tho dressmaker must also bo careful to cut the duplicate patterns, so that they correspond with right and left respectively. When a material that has no " up" and "down" is used, it may simply be doubled at its full width, and the front and sleeve patterns laid on it; but tins method does not succeed with pile materials.

The waste material below the sleeve pattern (see diagram) will serve for facings to the fronts of coat. Four big buttons trim the belt.