Evening star., 1921-07-18
Summer Sewing.

This is without doubt the time OF
year for the home dressmaker to buy
materials for frocks to finish the
summer with. For the loveliest
fabrics are on sale now, often at
good reductions. and. moreover, at
uncrowded counters: If you shop
early in the morning, before the
salespeople are tired, you will have
particularly pleasant time Of it. and
you will be sure not to make those
mistakes that come from shopping in
crowd, without sufficient time or
leisure to choose properly.
There are excellent fabrics for sport
skirts made Of both all-silk and cot
ton and silk weaves that may be
made up running round and round
as well as up and down. AS these
wide. and, therefore, give more ma
terial in two lengths than is needed
for a skirt, you can effect an econo-
my by buying a yard and half or a
yard and three-Quarters and making
the skirt up roundabout. Thus one
selvage comes at the belt and the
other Is turned under at the hem.
Striped fabrics, in self-tone-and
it is particularly white fabrics that
are under discussion, for they are
decidedly most favored at present
round and round as well as up and
down.
From the forty inches there is
enough, if you are not too tall, to
plagued facing and belt. Indeed. a
a yard and half or a yard and
three-quarters in length, this strip
may be made into a very good look
ing sash belt.
The price for these interesting ma
terials Is variable. of course. You
can occasionally pick up something
really very attractive for couple
of dollars a yard. and then your skirt
costs under two dollars.
The overblouse Of cotton crepe or
other cotton material is still in good
style. One interesting way to make
these blouses is to put applied flow
ers or fruits cut from colored crepe
of different colors on a background
OF white. blue or tan. Gray, too, may
be made tn background color, if gray
is becoming. There is always the
chance that gray is not becoming,
and, unless it is, Is shouldn't be used.
Sew the little cut-outs on with
black embroidery cotton of the mer-
cerized sort that gives good, glossy
Those slip-over frocks of silk or
linen, serge or cotton that are worn
with a blouse beneath them to sup
ply the sleeves which they lack are
tremendously popular. but they are
They are the easiest sort of thing
t omake. and any home needlewonan
could accomplish one satisfactorily
The edges are sometimse simply
turned under and machine hemmed.
Sometimes they are finished with a
sometimes with binding. Sometimes
white one. for instance, Of linen,
will be bound with red silk braid
! Such combination could hardly be
put safely through the laundry, but
the color contrast is good. and that
rally. For the home sewer, however.
it is we'll to think of the practical
side of life, and washable colors are
on the practical side.
Dark muslins dotted with white are
and GOODNESS, and they are most salts
factory things to make oneself. Try
making one with a scalloped skirt
bound with a narrow white bias fold,
with scalloped sleeves bound in the
same way and with q neckline fin-
ished just with little white muslin
collar.
Organdy, of course. is continuing to
hold its own. The simpler it is, II the
on-professional handles it, the bet
ter it looks. So select simple pat
tern to follow, and depend on the
charm of color and sheen of finish
for your effect. It will be good.
Then there are the crepes-canton
and georgette and whatever else they
may be dubbed. They, too, are charm
ing in color. But they are more
difficult for the amateur to handle
| satisfactorily. However, II you are
| skillful you can get good results
with them, and especially in blouses
OF the type designated costume
| blouses in the shops.