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CRAZY

BELTS

Pin the red diamond to one end

so that it overlaps 3in., and cut out

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 16, 198

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Tones of brown and green are empha sised in this smart travel suit worn by Patricia Ellis, film player. The tube skirt is of smooth- surfaced browa wool, topped with a Haring, knee-length cout. The huge col lar and pockets are of Beaser.

THE latest things to go t belt

in Fashion - are your belts.

same

You can attach your belt to a the strip cutting round the dia- pair of scissors (imitation), a coumond at one end.

From the remainder of the blue ple of purses (real), miniature handcuffs, large nails or a watch felt cut another strip the In fact, it's a wonder no one has way, place these two blue strips thought of decorating herself with one on top of the other and stitch her name and her game and her them together close to the edges.

the Sew the red diamond over telephone number to save time:

Anyway, here are a few of the diamond-shaped plastron of the less crazy

and therefore smar-belt, and on top of that a smaller ter notions in new belts which "spade" in black felt. Cut out you can easily and quickly make up smalt diamonds, hearts, clubs and for yourself for a mere nothing. spades from the rest of the red and black felt and stitch them all over the belt. Sew hooks (under the plastron) and eyes (on top of the other end) for fastening..

"NO TRUMPS" BELT

For this you'll require: Quarter of a yard of felt and two squares of different coloured felts suggest- ed colours, bright blue for the belt, red and black for the squares, which make the decorations.

Cut а large diamond 34in. square out of your red square.

"PEARLY QUEEN”, BELT

Buy a quarter of a yard felt, six Make the dozen pearl buttons. felt belt as before, but this time cut the length to the exact mea- Now mark out the strip for your surement of your waist and leave beit on the blue felt, making it a piece about 5in. long the full 31⁄2in. wide and the length of your width of the felt (this is to make the plastron in front) at one end waist measurement plus 3in.

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Sew books and eyes on the end felt pieces for fastening.

of the belt. Stitch on the pearl cords and fray the ends into a buttons, either all over the belt as fringe. Arrange the last two pieces close as possible, or if you can't at equal distances. afford all that, just along the edges. For the plastron, arrange the but tons in a design such as you see in the photograph. This belt also looks very fine sewn all over with regimental buttons, pr with tiny silver lucky charms.

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FOUR-CORD BELT

This requires one yard each of four different colours of silk cord and two 9in. squares of embroidery felt.

LACED BELT

Get for this: Quarter of a yard felt, two yards each of two differ- ent coloured blind cords.

Cut the felt lengthways into four equal strips. Place two strips one on top of the other and machine them together round the edges; do the same with the other two strips. Pierce little holes at lin. inter- Suggested colours: Royal, cycla-vals down one long side of each men, purple and black with black strip. Thread the cords criss- felt. Cut each cord to fit your cross into the holes, joining to- waist plus an extra 2in (for the geiher the two strips into a belt. fringe).

To fasten, tie the cord ends into

From the felt cut out four a bow in front and sew hooks and oblongs, each measuring 6in. by eyes at the top and bottom corners 2. Join the 22in. sides. Slip of the belt these circles of felt over the cords

You can either make this belt and stitch the felt together be with the felt in one colour and the tween." cord, making a little cords in two (such as black felt

tubo bach. Slide one piece of with emerald, and scarlet cords),

felt along to one end and machine for you can make the belt in two along the short side, catching in strips of different colours and lace, the ends of the cords. Slide an- them together with cord of one co- other piece to the other end, stitch lour (such as royal and black felt it down 2in. from the ends of the laced with scarlet).

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