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Cutting For Sewing Success
THOSE lengths of lovely materials brought home triumphantly from the sales, are half-way to becoming the frocks of your dreams, when tha cuiling out is done, correctly.
First of all press the material on the wrong side, with a warm iron. A paltern cannol be arranged properly on creased fabric.
Double-width fabrics generally have the right side folded inwards. On single width materials tho selvedges are usually smoother on the right alde.
Materials that shade light and dark should always have the dark, shade running downwards.
It is safer to allow 4 to 1 yard: more of patterned than of plain material. Very large patterned material is opt to be wasteful in cutting.
Very flimsy materials such chiron and georgette arc much easier to cut out if you tack them on to fairly stuff paper. Then, when you have planed the pattern on, cut out paper and pattern together.
You will need one pair of scissors with long sharp blades for cutting straight edges, and a small pointed. pulk for cutting corners and small!
curves.
Use only fine steel pins to keep the pattern in place, except for vel- vet, on which needles are less likely to leave marks.
For the Table
Use the largest table you have for culting out. If you do inuch dress- making, is a good idea to keep a large piece of ollcloth to spread on the table, to prevent the surface being scratched.
Before cutting out your dress, mensure the paper pattern carefully agalust yourself, or compare the measurements with those of a dress that its you well.
October
1939.
Two hals from Agnes are made of a new brushed wool. At the left, the "Princess" in violet blue with a brown chiffon jersey dress from Heim. At the right, the "Prince," in cerise, is worn with a black bagheera jersey frock from Allx Maguy.
Pin all the pattern picees on your inuteriai before cutting out.
An easy way of marking all darts, pients, e.. is to use A coloured crayon, putting the marks on the wrong side, of course,
It is a good Ides, too, to mark with crayon the notches at indicate where seams must match, instead of
on dark
All good paper patterns are sup-snipping the material. Yellow piled with instructions on how to jernyon shows up well inake any necessary alterations, and material, dark blue crayon on n It is wish to follow these exactly. light-coloured one.
Arrange the paltern strictly necording to the directions, making sure that the centre front and back are on the straight of the material. Velvet and satin must have all the pattern pleces arranged with the top edges towards the some end of the material, to ensure that the dress shades downwards.
With Printed Fabrics
it yours is a printed fabric, see that the centre front and back are exactly at the centre of the printed design.
Also mark each piece of the dress with a letter or number to cor+ respond with the pattern.
is done.
WALEM
Cream Cheese Sandwiches
MOISTEN come creani cheese with tomato ketchup, and add some finely chopped nuts, Here the addition of A leaf of lettuce or some. thin slices of eucumber will be appreciated.
Eire's First Envoy
Arrives
If the material frays quickly,
MONTREAL. overcast
Mr. J. J. Hearne arrived here re- the edges with stitches, as 800 as the cutting out High Commissioner
large cently to take up his post as the first for Ere in Canada. would be
Mr. Hearne said that his mission though he was also
chiefly diplomatie, al- increasing trade between the two interested in
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When the fabric stretches easily, run a gathering thread round the neck and sleeve elges to keep them in shape.
Use some of the stnall scraps left over to test your machine for cor- rect⚫ length and tension of stitch. The larger pleves should be rolled materialf together and put away, in case they should match as accurately as possi- are wanted in the future for altera- ble at the side seams.
tions or repairs.
Checked
and striped
A type of coat regarded as fall favourite is this untrimmed dressmaker coat In smooth lustrous black broad-cloth, It makes a special point of the Corselet waistline with backt-dip set-la belt.
SHORT CUTS
J. C.
A weighted sheet will give off a powdery Hake it rubbed over sonic- thing dark. Always test sheets this way before making purchases. This substance will wash out and reveal a wide course weave.
Did you know that cold tea may be used for cleaning var. -nished - flours" and "wood work?”
A
*
lump of bulter melted with chocolate for Icing or candy prevents the chocolate from sticking to the smicepan and will give glossy finish to either chocolate product.
Oatmeal in a cheese cloth bag. swished ! through ttio water makes an effective water softener for the bath.
Cornflour Sponges
THESE sponges arc excellent
served with stewed fruit.
Mix
2 ozs cornflour very smoothly with one gill milk. Bring three gilla milk Just in the boll, and pour over the comflour and milk, stirring it is thoroughly blended. Then return to the rinsed pan, add one dessert- spoonful butter, and boll for ten niinutes, stirring continuously.
Beat up two yolks
Eggs with two tablespoonfuls carter sugar, and stir these into the cornflour mixture. Then fold in the stiffly whlaked whites; of the egre, and pour the mixture into Individual dishes. Turn out when cold,
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Tell me, doctor.
”
Are you sure? I can't believe that all this should have started with a tiny cut on the finger! There must be some way of prevent= lag such awful results... Tell me, what ought I to do?!
The smallest cut or scratch is enough for the germs of blood-poisoning to enter. There is only one way to prevent their invasion: they must be killed-at once, 'Dettol,' the Modern Antiseptic, can be applied iní mediately. 'Dellol,' is gentle and tender on human tissues, non-poisonous and non-staining to the skin- yet death to germs. Your chemist has 'Bettol.
DETTOL
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THE MODERN
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