Evening star., 1947-09-29

classes will start early In october.
SEWING PLATED RUGS7
BOOK OF QUILT DESINGS2
From Mrs. q. M. H., Washington. J
Can any one give me directions fol
sewing plated rugs? Mine alway,
turn up on the edge.
Also, does any one know Of q good
book on pieced quilt designs?
X y X r.
SONG FURNISHED.
(Front Mrs. r. s. s., Falls Church.
e To Mrs. N. L. H., Washington.
The request for words to the song
way Down in the Buttercur
Meadow" recalls the memory Of my
own childhood days and later wher
I sang this to my own babies.
Way down in the buttercup meadow
saw q white Baa-sheep one day.
And close by her side In the , clover
Does the sheep-mama love her whit,
Just as you love me, say mama say,
Repeat last two hnes)
II hefs the Ssehsd as . SR Il BIRD. si in Cd
Who wears a. red BIT on her breast.
n o.s all this ov vide ., world srei M ef
(Rspeat last two lines)
Last night as I walked in the garden
There was. Just one red rose to be seen
But now there's a, tiny red rose bud
pid antH the re rose try % to Kiss baby rosebud
When she tried to far over to lean?
(Repeat last two lines)
Last night as I looked from my window
Hqss The noon neaSle with s star close beside her
Pid Bs Coo As make 9Th the little s.s5 bah, 5 >,
Cause the moon was so lonely UP there
(Repeat last two linesO
X y X \
LENGTHENING DRESSES.
From Mrs. F. A. s., Jr, Arlington.
To the lady who inquired about
lengthening an aqua wool button.
down dress, why not
shorten the dress to a A-length
and then wear a brown or black
depending on your accessories) skirt
underneath. The skirt could be the
new long length and the aqua dress
would make a long tunic effect
which I understand is to be popular
his year. I think anything added
onto the body of the dress would
ruin the classic sports line.
(From Miss E. E. c., Arlington.)
Does any RICH reader know Of
way to lengthen a velvet skirt with
out the crease of the original hem
remaining?
from Mrs. E. w., Arlington.)
Most dresses can be remodelet
and heightened. The exceptions
are those that are "high style" for 8
season and since any one affecting
that trend cannot expect to wear
dress more than one season under
the best of circumstances, we car
forget those and concentrate on the
better styles. Specifically to the
request for ways Of lengthening the
classic button down -the-front dress
I believe the reader said it was soft
wool. Get additional material Of
either contrasting wool of the same
weight, or velveteen of the same
color as the dress. Rip the skirt
from the waist, open the darts ir
the back and front of the skirt ano
steam press. I'll mention here, thai
in remodeling, materials should be
steam pressed after ripping and be-
fore resewing. Using your new ma.
terial, make a skirt yoke of the
necessary width to drop the skirt
to the desired length. In order te
avoid patched remodeled look, re-
peat the material somewhere in the
waist, either by bringing the mate
rial up into the waist for a few
inches from the waistline and use
your original belt again, or make a
vest of the new material, or some
thing of this sort. It is necessary
to see the specific garment in order
to decide just what would be best
You can either cut your new mate
rial to follow the open down-the-
front line and add buttons and but.
tonholes as in your original dress
or you can let the new material run
unbroken around and make a side
placket for the dress.
If you don't like the idea of the
contrasting material, it may be pos
sible, if the sleeves of the dress
contain enough material to use the
sleeves to make a yoke on the skirt
and insert handknitted wool sleeves
in the dress, adding a knitted belt
Properly done, this can be very
smart.
A plain straight skirt may be
easily and smartly heightened by
shortening or draping up and adding
an underskirt, thsu creating a tunic
dress.
A dress may be separated at the
waist, the waist hemmed up from
the belt and the skirt hemmed down
from the belt and the intervening
space filled in with contrasting ma
terial fitted torso tight at the waist
line. Have your original blouse
sewed to the new material with a
deep tuck turning downward and
the skirt with a deep tuck turning
up.
A skirt may be dropped down
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