Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-08
Dressmaking Hints and Helps

 was so delighted with my second self that when MT, M. 6 H. came home said to him
 Here is 8 dummy just like me- He rep1feds No. because you are not dunab.e
 I will be pleased to answer any in- quiries that the Sisters may like to make concerning Madam X, as call it.
 Not having any girls in my family, l cannot nasa pass ss.: on = much of value ss clothes for a boy till he was eight years old.
 Have any Of you mothers of small boys tried domestic flannel for sum- 1ner suits 7-an army blue is partic- ularay good. Shrink it fn warm, soapy water before 1t is made up. It wears and washes well. You buy the ma teria1 at the domestic department and It is generally 50 cents per yard.
 When l decide a thing is worth making over for myself I rip and press the material, washing 1t if necessary, look up the pieces Of material that also, any bits of trimming that have on hand that would go nicely with the material, and put them all in a suit box together. Then when I get ready have on hand to do with
 There is no economy in buying too much to go with material once used.
 When buying 8 pattern if your bust
 
 pattern;' buy skirt pattern by the hip measure; many times one's waist is larger than their hips When cut ting a skirt for a large waist & gored skirt fits better than one OF two piece pattern to allow for the large waist cut each gore straight from the ma tching notches up- This gives ma terIal to either take in or let out When putting on 8 collar to a back closing waist I snip the neck enough to be easy, making many little snfps, then putting the middle of my col collar col n As the % front 'p pin 'te the ends ends together in the back and pin the back to the waist
 I put on 8 band on shirt waist the same way, beginning in the back; stitch the band or collar in place and then cut out the neck, leaving seam
 To put in sleeve generally the place for the front seam is the dis tance from the under seam that there the second knucAde- This rule varies according to the size of the person. their middle finger being the right measure
 When cutting out an arm size give as much length on the shoulder and under the arm as is comfortable An arm size is best trimmed out be- tween the shoulder and under aSsn seam in front, cutting deepest about midway between the seams
 To hang skirt fit the top and put into belt Then try on and holding the goods to the floor seam by seam and between seams mark where the goods touch with 8 piece of tailor's chalk take of fha skirt. then meas uring from that chalk mark up as many inches as you want your skirt short: haste the hem. two inches shorN length.
 Of course. this method takes two unless you have dummy; but it is the most satisfactory way I have ever tried
 When you choose material for sum- nner dresses. Not only ask will it wash, but think how will it iron. For several summers have made my un- der wear out of crfnkley seersucker, using the fine quality: also my house dresses. Tor these I use the white, for while it does soil it also boils and comes out good. I generally make three house dresses at one time then there Is always a clean one to don when the unexpected comes to dinner,
 It is the little individual touches of original hand work that goes a great ways towards making a gar menf satisfactory. After all.
 would consider ingenuity as the greatest aid to home dress making, and with cultivation ingenuity grows raster than you think
 l might tell you how I made the waist of nay best dress two summers ago out of II nieces of cIoth and kinds of trimming: but that is an- other story.
 MARRIED AND HAPPY.
 WiI1imantic