AMATEUR DRESSMAKERS.

Shannon News, 3 December 1929, Page 1

AMATEUR DRESSMAKERS.

SOME USEFUL HINTS. Should a seam in a cloth garment look puckered when stitched, a piece of iinenette placed over it before pressing will leave it perfectly flat. A piece oi linenetto will also shrink away superflous fullness when setting in a sleeve

Always tack seams before machining however simple they may appear. Thi' will prevent one side becoming longei than the other, especially when the material is cut on the cross.

Amateur dressmakers often find it awkward to cut out silk, voile ant' other thin materials, .as they do not keep firm. A good plan is first to pi: the material to newspaper and thci pin on the pattern. The material wil not pull and tlite cutting out will bmuch easier. I’apcr placed under thii ;nterial when machining similarly pro amts puckered seams.

before cutting a buttonhole, machine si itch round the marked place, allow eg just, suiiieient space between the .'litre stitchings for the scissors to cut. if you do this you will have no cliffi -ultv in working good 'buttonholes in Hie m ost "springy” materia). Burr in mind that the sleeves and kirt of a'dress stretch out wards and wow a trifle shorter in the course of tinm. Allow for this when cutting and .making the garment.