The Springdale news., 1889-09-06
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How to Rom odeI Last Years Dress on
 the Directoire Style.

How to Remodel a Last Years Dress on
 the Directoire Style.
 Although redingotes and Empire styles are the most worn designs, basques and trimmed skirts are not forgotten, though shaped to convey an idea of the Directoire or Empire fashions If of very stout figure a slightly draped front is more becom- ing than the plain, round skirt, as 1t detracts from the apparent size. Dark cobrs and soft woolen materials also take from the size. Stripes are be- coming in basque if matched per fectly and cut to form a succession of V's, back and front The open fish net makes lovely vests with the nar- row '"baby'' ribbon run through the meshes at the neck and waist line drawing it in shape and the ribbons forming rosette at the end of each row on the side Of tho basque. Three or five rows are used at each part, and the net should be over silk The rib bon is l9 cents piece of ten yards, and the net is about $l.50 yard, 4S inches wide.
 Black net and green or old rose ribbons and a surah lining beneath brighton up a black silk or woolen dress wonderfully, with sleeve puffs of the same. These are half a yard long and nine inches deep before made. Gather the upper edge after joining the ends and sew inside of the sleeve, which ha, been cut about four inches shorter than usual. Then turn the other edge down to form an inch and half ruffie and draw it up on three rows of narrow ribbon, so as to fit snugly around the wrist Finish the sleeves with cuff of velvet or the dress material.
 Now I will tell my house-sewing audience how to remodel a dress on theCDirectoiro style, which is easily done if the breadths are long. Cut tho basque off in front even with the waist line and the back in a short point. Have revers of the goods, with vest of fish net, surah or ln- dian silk, shirred at the top and waist where it disappears under soft surah sash belt of the same material, which is sewed in one side seam and hooked over to the other, forming soft, irregular folds above and below the waist line Have the collar and cuffs Of the dress material or of vel vet, according to the expense de- sired. If the fortunate possessor of q handsome throat wear a turnover collar, with cuffs to correspond of silk to match the dress or vest, finely knife-pleated
 Around the point in the back gather three widths of silk or one of wide wooden goods, and have an extra width or twenty inches of the mater ial on each side in three kilt pleats turned toward the front This should meet the sash sewed in the side seams. The sham skirt is arranged with a full length sham on either side, a short one in the back, and slightly draped front, or tho front may be gathered to form pointed yoke at the ton or arranged as a Spanish fOuncc, described before A front of three breadths draped up on the left side so as to show the sham beneath has a very pretty effect Woolen and silk fabrics are stylishly combined in this manner. the latter forming the vest, belt and skirt front. This is also a pretty design for a lace net skirt, sleeves and vest, with belt and coat of silk
 Sleeves must be full at the top, though carelessly 50 in soft drapings rather than stiff, set puff5. Push the fullncss we'll above the elbows and cut the top of the sleeves long and wide enough to drape in folds on either side, centering in the middle of the top where they narrow The slash at the bottom of sleeves may be at the in or outside and one inch and half deej A lace rufie, deeper at the h9G, -pi falling over the wrist .9g. Il.,;a. w finish now worn on ' i' 5o..De .' Doo0'liIr- TI-s . .t+Ss fAes nJct- "d, Jft and creamy and then pro1I fiTattering addition even though of poor quality Ladies Home Journal.