Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-28
Making Your Own Garments
Series of Sewing Hints Is Offered for the Woman
Who Does This Work at Home.

the making Of points or other shapes,
may be used. The lower edge may be
straight like q hem, with scallops along
the edge that Is sewed down.
Hemstitchfng.
To do quick machine hemStitching
put two strips of your goods together
having them the width that you want
between two rows of hemstitching
Turn the edges of these strips in just
the same as you would do IL you were
going to put insertion between the
strips. Now take about 90 thicknesses
place these between the two strips of
goods, the edges of which you have
turned in, holding the edges Of the
strips of goods and the edges of the
paper evenly together. Now sew the
edges of the goods and the paper to-
gether on the machine, taking care to
sew as closely to the edge Of all as
possible. When finished, pull the paper
away from the goods. The length of
the stitch produced by placing several
thicknesses OF the paper between the
goods forms hemstitch which is quick
" and easily made, and is very pretty,
resembling hand hemstitching very
much. The width of the hemstitch will
be according to the number Of thick
nesseS of paper which you use.
Applied Trimmings.
The method Of cutting decorative fig
ures from one material and sewing them
onto another material gives wide OPP
portunity for introducing several colors,
covering large surfaces. and producing
interesting effects by combining varied
weaves and textures as well as colors.
The design may be completed or en-
riched by stitches of silk. linen or cot
ton or gold thread BY this method you
can add touches to wearing apparel and
also to a variety of other articles, such
as curtains, table covers, Scarfs and
cushions. The design used should not
be too intricate or heavy of clumsy As
you are putting one material over an
other, you must consider carefully their
relation to each other. For instance,
heavy, rough materi5f Neysi iszi iITos do to
sew onto delicate material, and no not
cut design from material that ravels
easily. Various methods can be used
to outline your design; that is, to cover
the edges of the cut-out design that you
use. You can sew the edges closely over
and over, or you can use close but
tonhole stitch, or you can finish with q
cord braid or a strand of silk or thread.
Insetting fine lace and embroidery
medallions in wearing apparel produces
decorative results which will fully repay
you for the time spent. Often elaborate
effects are obtained by very simple
methods. For instance, fine lace may
be set into lawn fabric almost invisibly
with the simple French overland stitch
A border of plain misunderstanding adds
q finishing touch. The medallion should
first be basted onto the lawn, then, fol-
lowing the outline of the medallion, a
piece Of the lawn three sixteenths Of an
inch smaller should be cut away. This
allows for the narrow overlap necessary
for fnishing with the French overland
seam.
ChiIdren's Clothes.
Nowhere are there so many possible
ties for remodeling as in children's
clothes, but even here care must be
taken to be sure that the material is
suitable and worth the work Of re-
modelling. Very often adult garments
are of material too old in color and
weave to be suitable for making over
children'S garments. Part of this difh-
Guilty may sometimes be overcome by the
use Of bit of brighter color in braid
or ribbon, or by the application Of few
hand or machine-made stitches.
Cotton materials are the most appro-
pirate for childrens rompers, as they
viii stand frequent washing. A child
under two years of age should wear soft,
smooth materials, such as soft ging-
ham, cotton charmeuse, cotton crepe,
sateen and prints. An older child can
wear sturdy fabrics like galatea, khaki,
gingham or poplin. During warm
weather, fabrics which are too stiH and
heavy should not be chosen as they do
not permit enough ventilation.
Mothers usually have more or less
trouble IN finding strong enough trim
ming for children's wash dresses and
underwear. Rick-rack braid answers the
purpose in many ways, either put on
plain or combined with crochet. A sim
pie way to use it is to turn the edge of
the goods once and sew rick-rack braid
on the under side, so that only half Of it
shows above the turned edge, or you
can have all the points Of the braid on
one side placed above the hem on the
right side Of the goods with the other
points on the braid showing below the
edge Of the goods. Stitch the points
down at the top and also stitch at the
edge OF the goods. To make very fine
trimming for baby clothes, the narrow
est rick-raek braid should be used.
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