Evening star., 1921-04-15
QUICKEST AND BEST SEWING
METHODS FOR HOME WORKER

baste a piece Of newspaper under
them to prevent any drawing OF the
flimsy fabric When sewed pull the
paper away To work buttonholes
in lace baste a small square OF lawn
underneath each place where you
wish to make a buttonhole. then cut
the buttonholes and work them. Cut
, away the surplus lawn around the
buttonholes. leaving them firm ana
strong. Also put tiny squares OF the
lawn under the buttons before you
sew them on. Beautiful buttonholes
may be made in any material. no mat
ter how thin. if they are first marked
and before they are cut out are
stitched along each side on the ma
chine. Cut between the two rows OF
stitching and there will be a good
foundation for the buttonhole stitch
es. with no danger of raveling. This
makes the working of any buttonhole
much easier and greatly adds to it's
durability.
An easy way of making hand tucks
in lingerie is to crease the first tuck
as usual for machine tucking and ad-
just the tucker but do not thread the
machine: then run it through the
tucker. The needle will leave a dis
tinct line along which to run your
hand sewing. The marker also leaves
line for the next tuck. 1t is best
to sew each tuck as it comes from the
| tuCkef, since ndnQl1nS tHe
marks. This method insureS absolute
accuracy. with the daintiness of hand
sewing. and can be done in less than
half the usual time.
Making Ruhles.
If you want to make ruffies of va
r:ed fullness make long. loose stitch
on the machine. p ace the edge to be
gathered under the foot and sew it,
then draw the upper thread until the
ruff1e h1s the desired fullness. A long
piece of rufflng in this way may BE-
needed.
Before attempting to draw the
threads for hemstitching wet a small
brush, rub it over a bar Of soap until
a lather is produced and scrub the
threads Of the linen you wish to draw.
pull out easily. To do quick hemstitch-
ing by machine draw all the threads
first and baste the hems the edge COM
ing through the center of the drawn
threads. Loosen the tension Of the
machine and stitch the hem on the
threads. hold the material in both hands
and draw the body Of the garment
away from the hem. This stitching has
exactly the appearance Of handwork.
To make a new upper part for a
/ worn nightgown or combination cut
from muslin, allover embroidery OIL
, make Of small pieces Of lace or EN-.
/ garment, with square opening for the
neck: trim to suit the taste. Fine
rickrack braid makes a neat and strong
] trimming for underwear If you wan,
; 1t wider crochet two strips together
! II you have had trouble in getting .
i camisoles take some wide rickracl
braid. turn tho edge once and sew onto
| the under side. 30 that only half shows
above the turned edge Or all the points
! on one side Of the rickrack show above
the hem. Stitch twice at the top OF thu
] hem and bottom Of the points. Nov
I crochet a chain Of seven or eigh'
stitches and fasten with single croche
in each point twice about one-eightf
! inch deep.
| Dainty Summer Things for Children
| There is q wide difference between
the plain dress that is just common
place and the equally plain one tina
has some distinctive touch. For In
| stance, when making children
"lothes a bit OF brilliant color ma,
BE- introduced in the embroide.inl
terisls may be relieved by embroid
cry done in white or one or two sof,
dull colors harmpnizing with that o
the material. Cotton soutache brai'
IL inexpensive and easy to sew int
attractive. -pattefns ON, little girls
very little boys. Croygsge11eelseeseeea
easy to do and particularly good TO
children's clothes.
Save the scraps of@@aISdI~1ef
from children's coats. They WIN b.
useful to renew buttonholea.- Sev
a small piece Of cloth over e1Sh sid
Of the old buttonhole. stitching 1
down fatty all around. then cH an
make q new buttonhele right owe
the worn one. II you have no piece