FOR YOUR PRETTIEST PETTICOATS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 852, 21 December 1929, Page 25

FOR YOUR PRETTIEST PETTICOATS

SHOULDER straps that cost NOTHING TO MAKE you find that your ribbon shouler- straps wear out ever so much “°°ner than the undies they hold up, ar -d that they cost quite a lot to renew? K yon make them of the same ma-■-hal as your petticoats and cami- ! they will last every bit as won't cost a penny, for there 1:9 Mways strips left over after cut°Ut the garments, hoy can be just as dainiy as ribbon i) uaps ' to °. if you take the trouble to them, and they are ever so stronger.

Tou will need two strips of material, each about eighteen inches long by two inches and a half wide (this leaves a good margin, for turning in and sewing on at each end). Draw three or four threads lengthways down the middle of each strip. Turn in material at each side to make two half-inch hems separated only by the space where the threads are drawn, and hemstitch neatly—this makes a very effective open-work line down the middle of the strap. Turn in the ends and sew very iirmly to your undies, inside the lace or binding at the top—a good way is to sliphem the bottom and ;3ides of strap and top sew it to the edge of the garment If you have a hemstitched border to down over your shouldeojs.

A SCRAP OF SILK—AND— , —You can make the smartest thing in scarves! If you’ve been wondering what to do with that remnant of crepe de chine left over from a frock, or picked up for a song in the sales, here is a bright idea. Make it into one of the triangular scarves. Ycu’ll need two tiny square hankies —printed crepe de chine to make a gay dash of colour. Sew one whole hanky in the corner of the triangle, as shown in the sketch, and the other cut into two halves, along the straight side of the triangle. And there you have your scarf!, -