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with
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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 the cutting out is done correctly.
First of all press the material on the wrong skle, with a warm from. A pattern cannot Lo Arranged properly on creased fabric,
Double-width fabrics generally have the right side folded inwards, On single width materioik the selvedges are usually smoother on the right side.
Materials that shade light and dark should always have the dark shade running downwards.
It is safer to allow 1⁄4 to 1⁄2 yard more of patterned thinn of plain material. Very large patterned
material is apt to be wasteful in cutting.
Very flimsy materials such as chitton and georgetto
much easier to cut out if you tack them on to fairly stiff paper. Then, when you have pinned the pattern on, cut out paper and pattern together.
You will need one pair of scissors with long sharp blodes for cutting straight edges, and a small pointed pair for rutting corners and small
curves,
Use only fine steel pins to keep the pattern in place, except for vel- vel, on whileli needles are less likely to leave marks.
For the Table
Use the largest table you have for cutting out. If you do much dress. making it 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 measure the paper pattern carefully against yourself, or compare the measurements with those of a dress tal is you well.
October 6, 1939.
Two hals from Agnes are made of a new brushed wool. At the left, the "Princess" in violet blue with h brown chlson Jersey dress from Helm. At the right, the "Prince," in cerise, is worn with a black bagheera jersey frock from Alix Maguy.
Pin all the pattern pieces on your material before cutting out.
An easy way of marking all darts, plents, &c., is to use d coloured crayon. putting the marks on the wrong side, of course.
It is a good den, too, lo mark with crayon the notches that indicate where scoms must match, stend of the material. Yellow
All good puper patterns are sup-snipping piled with instructions on how to crayon shows up well make any necessary alterations, and material, dark blue
It is wise to follow these exactly.
ight-coloured one.
01 dark crayon on £1
Arrange the pattern atrielly Also mark each piece of the dress according to the directions, making, with a letter or number to cor. sure that the centre front and back respond with the pattern. are on the straight of the material.
Velvet and sath must have all the pattern pieces arranged with the top idges towards the same end of the material, to ensure that the dress shodes downwards.
With Printed Fabrics
If yours is a printed fabric, see that the centre front and back are exactly at the centre of the printed design.
Cream Cheese Sandwiches
TOISTEN some cream cheese
Mo
with tomato ketchup, and add some Anely chopped nuts. Here the addition of a leat of leltuve or some thin slees of eucumber will be appreciated.
Eire's First Envoy
If the material frays quickly. overcast the edges will stitches, as soon as the cutting out High
done.
Arrives
MONTREAL. Mr. J. J. Hearne arrived here re-i large cently to take up his post as the first Commissioner for Eire in Canadia would
Mr. Hearne said that his mission sough
be thielly diplomatie, ol- increasing trade between
he was also interested in the two countries.
When the fabric stretches easily, run a gathering thread round the neck and sleeve edges to keep them in shape.
Use some of the small scraps left over to test your machine for eor- rect length and tension of stitch. The larger pieces should be rolledl Checked and striped material together and put away, in case they should match as accurately as posslare wanted in the future for altern- ble at the side scams.
lions or repairs,
A type of coat regarded as a fall favourite is this untrimmed dressmaker coat
smooth. lustrous black broad-cloth. It makes a special point of the corselet waistline with back-dip set-in belt,
SHORT CUTS.
J. C.
A weighted sheet will give of a powdery flake if rubbed over some- thing dark. Always test sheets this way before making purchases. This; substance will wash out and reveal -a-wide-coarse “weave,
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Did you know that cold ten may be used for cleaning_var- nished floors and woodwork?
A Jump of butter molled with chocolate for Icing or candy prevents the chocolate from sticking to the alicepan and will given glossy anish to either chocolate product.
Oatmeal in a cheese cloil bag, awished Wrough tho water makes an effective water softener for the bath.
Cornflour Sponges
THESE sponges are excellent served with stewed fruit. Mix
2 ozs cornitour very smoothly with ; one gill milk. Bring three gills milk Just to the ball, and pour over the comflour and milk, surring. till it is thoroughly blended. Then return to the rinsed pan, add one dessert- spoonful buttor, and boll for ten minutes, stirring continuously..
Beat up two, yolin of eggs with two tablespoonfuls caster sugar, and stir these into the cornflour mixture. Then fold in the silly whisked whites of the eggs, and pour the mixture into individual" dishes, Turn out when cold.
Designer Peter Russell's new models emphasize aleekness for both evening and afternoon. Very low, wide square necklines, wide, dramatic belts and lively hems are three of his daytime fonlures.
IRIUM FOR SPARKLING TEETH
Rosammy-Lines' viar at Warner Bern Picturus supoaring in.
It's a real joy to clean your teeth withi Pepsodent containing
IRIUM. The mloure it touches your teeth you have a delightful and lasting sensation of its invigoradhg, refreshing foam. And what a wholesome tingle of freshness it leaves behind it! Bur. -the biggest test of all-look in your miere afterwards if you want a real surprisa. You'll be amazed at the new radiant beauty in your teeth. There's nothing like PEPSODENT Tooth Paste for bringing out real: dazzling whiteness. And that's because Pepso dear contains IRIUM, the amazing new dis. covery with the remarkable cleansing powers. Start the PEPSODENT way to lovelier teeth now, Avaliable In
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USE PEPSODENT TOOTH PASTE OR TOOTH POWDER
BOTH CONTAIN IRIUM
"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 prevente
ing 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 im~ mediately. Dettol' is gentle and tender on, human tissues, non-poisonous and non-staining to the skin- yet death to germs. Your chemist has "Dettol."
'DETTOL
TRAOR BAKK
THE MODERN
ANTISEPTIC
DETTOL
Reckitt & Sons (Pharmaceutical Dept.), Hull and London, England. Agent-Imperial Chemical Industries (China) Lid, Hong Kong.
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