Feminine Interests

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 484, 13 October 1928, Page 20

Feminine Interests

Kerchief Frock for Day Wear

Something New for Printed Weaves

Handkerchief skirts have long been fashionable for afternoon receptions and dance frocks, and just lately scarcely one girl in any crowded ballroom has worn anything but a long handkerchief petalled skirt, reaching almost to the ground. The points are a sure way of getting ever so far from the perpetual beaded dance frocks.

Now there comes into the picture the handkerchief frock for day wear. Naturally, this fashion can only look effective in printed or spotted silks or voiles. Plain materials would never achieve the effect. The new handkerchief frock for race or reception wear fits in beautifully with the floral and printed season, which all big shops have insisted we shall celebrate. " «. It is made from two square yards of printed silk, both cut in the centre to allow a passage for tire head and the waist. The graceful fall of the four corners over the shoulders gives almost a cape-like effect to the corsage, while the skirt hangs in those attractive points we all know so well of evenings, but towards the sides. ,

Another handkerchief frock shows two yards of floral or spotted chiffon in the skirt, with the same attractive cape effect in the square of the bodice. This one, made of three square yards, may look attractive in spotted or figured voile, or any soft material which will hang gracefully.

USEFUL PRESENTS LACE YOKES POPULAR The worst part of making a slip or nightgown is in sewing together pieces of iace for the yoke. Nearly every woman favours yokes these days, but when she wants to run up a garment, there seems to he nothing in putting it into shape compared with the rather tedious topsewing of lace beading and insertion. Therefore a present is greatly appreciated -when the folds of tissue paper are undone and a dainty lace top is revealed, all ready to stitch by hand or have hemstitched by machine on to which the pieces of underwear is required. It is an excellent idea for a birthday or Christmas gift, and with Christmas looming alarmingly near it would be an excellent plan to start at once to purchase remnants or several yards of the necessary materials. They are easy to pack into a week-end suitcase if a little sewing is contemplated, and even easier to make. The average girl would require a few inches more than a yard for measurement, a yard of ribbon for shoulder straps, and one yard and ahalf to run through the beading, if such is required. Sew the heading between the lace and insertion, and join the two ends together to make the yoke circular. Then lay flat with the seam on the fold at one side, and mark off the places for the shoulder straps. These should be sewn on only at the back of the yoke, the other two ends being pinned to the front, thus saving the donor a little extra sewing and the recipient the trouble of unpicking and sewing on again if the straps are too long. Any kind of lace of suitable, and perhaps the prettiest effects may be obtained by making the insertion the main feature. If this is your choice, buy insertion from one inch and ahalf to two or even three inches in width, and the narrowest edging to sew on to it or the beading, if the latter is used.