Evening star., 1919-04-04

short stitch. nor too fine needle and
thread with a long stitch. Machine
needles are graded in six or seven
sizes. each size being suitable for GER
tain sizes of thread or silk. for GER
tain lengths of stitches and for cen
tain materials. Cheap qualities OF
thread are a delusion and a snare
This is not an article to be bought al
the bargain counter. To make q
smooth. even stitch, it is necessary
to use good, firmly twisted and
smoothly finished thread. What is
true OF cotton thread is equally true
OF silk thread 1t must be good and
selected with proper regard to needle
stitch and fabric. To keep pins handy
| 1or dress fitting. have long. narrow
plncushlon fastened around the waist
on belt or have the cushion at
! right.
| Even If waist seems hopeless. the
front. If embroidered, may sometimes
De or use in making pretty corset
, covers. BY removing the sleeves and
| cutting out the neck four inches be-
the neck and armholes with lace one
may be possessed of good corset
| cover.
When a waist opens in the back,
| cut away the hens, plaits and join
me sections of the back with inser-
front A good way to use the en-
broldered parts of lingerie waists is
70 cut out the sprays of flowers in
the design and use them as medal
mons IN another waist, setting them in
with lace insertion. When the cuffs
OF GA White tailored waist begin to
tray. stitch dainty colored binding
around the cuffs and on each side Of
the box plait or edge of the opening
oo"n the front of the waist. The
enect 1s very pretty. To protect the
ruft1es Of petticoats from inevitable
wear and tear. bind the edge, of the
outer ruff1e with rick-rack braid and
the dust ruffie with tatting braid,
which is coarser. Save mems dis
caIded white shirts to make under
Innings for cuffs. neckbands and col
lars OF shirts and shirt waists. This
cloth Will not shrink any more. and
Will hold starch better than many
other fabrics.
Children's Clothes.
If skirt has become too short for
a growing girl or badly worn around
the bottom, open the hem and press
the lower part Of the skirt out fiat.
Next. fold back the under piece of
the hem on to the right side of the
skirt. being careful to have the
crease at the bottom OF the hem in
the same place that II was before the
hem was opened. Baste the fold thus
formed together and stitch just back
OF the old worn crease. Cut and open
the seam. dampen and press. Cut a
facing OF the Same cloth or Of some
cloth that matches in color, being
sure to cut tho facing wide enough
to cover the seam on the wrong side
Of the skirt. After sewing tho fac
ing to the bottom Of tho skirt, fold
and press. Then turn in the upper
edge of the facing and haste 1t to the
skirt. Stitch on the right side Of the
skirt exactly in the seam. 1t will
be impossible to detect that the skirt
has been pteced. This method saves
trouble and worry, and the best feat
ure of the remedy Is that 1t is effec-
tive. no matter what the style OF the
skirt, whether plated, gored, gather
ed or circular.
One reason why children's clothes
rip is because the seams are sewed
with cotton thread. which is brittle.
Any dress which will give hard wear
should be made up entirely with silk
thread. The sun and water rots cot
ton, but does not affect silk anywhere
near as quickly. If mothers will face
all openings Of children's underRar-
ments with narrow white tape they
will not tear down. This saves much
mending.
Hooks and eyes have a disagreeable
habit of dropping off at the most in.
opportune moments. To avoid this
they should be sewed on with but