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Show Make Your Pleated Sport Skirt By Measure WT Is the hardest thing in the world I to make and fit a pleated skirt "by I guess;" but when such a skirt la made by measure the problem is much simplified. Pleated Bklrta used to be made by the old rule of three; that Is. three times tho width to be pleated in allowance of material. Now H that skirts must hang so straight and jl fhow such a narrow silhouette this WjL triple allowance of material would 'yi gtve too voluminous an effect So you may allow twice and a half in material, ma-terial, and fold your pleats under less 'L generously. Sometimes In ' sol IB sport skirt where t5E ' iT f ripe fi'IBiB ' four c-'i " Ttt;. the material I" r.- OBner only an Inch at either side of the stripe Measure around ; tho foot of your skirt, when the j breadths have been sewed up and decide de-cide how much Is to be taken up in pleats. Then measure around the hip and around the waistline. Divldo these i measurement.? by the number of pleats you will have and you will find out Just how much material to take up In 1 pleats at hip and belt. Baste up the pleats as far as the hip but pin the I pleats between hip and belt Then I put on the skirt and someone , smoofh rdjnst nny slight sc-j sc-j rors In folding under the pica's so that the skirt will set smoothly over I the hips. each end. Beaded sashends of this sort are not finished with tassels, for drawing the sashend into a point and weighting it with a tassel would spoil 1 the effect of the bead-embroldercd decoration Very handsome sashes which by the way arc priced twenty dollars or so in the shops are of two shades of satin; black, say. on one side of the' sash and cardinal red peacock blue gold or some other rich color on the reverse side. Such a sash does wonders won-ders to dress up a simple frock of black satin or net. If you make such a sash yourself you will probably put i finished with tassels, and when the sash is on the figure the contrasting colors show up very well. One can have most of the black side out. or most of the colored side, as desired. Ribbon sashes, however, seem to meet fashion's requirements best. Ribbons Rib-bons for making up sashes, and sashes already made up are displayed at the ribbon coun'rs and many of these ribbons are superbly handsome. The scribe paused, the other day to pick, up a half yard length of beautiful hrcado and tinsel thread ribbon, thinking "what a good chance to get ja bit of stunning ribbon for a bag!" . f J jp tB Effective Girdles Made Of Soft Rainbow Ribbon; Some Rmbroldcrcd, Others Trimmed! with Narrower Ribbon a scam in It through the center for it would appear very extravagant to pur- eha.se enough satin in two shades to make the full length of one of these Bashes about three yards and then I have about half the satin left over all the way down the strip. The high, priced ready-made sashes are not seamed In this way. but then, of course, the manufacturer makes up several sash.es at a time and wastes none of his material The two strips Of satin are sewed together, then the long tube Is turned over. Inch by Inch until the right side Is out. Then comes I the pressing. Now a sash of this sort Is not presred with tho scams at. the top and bottom edges. The "tuh" Is flattened down on the Ironing board BO that the upper seam comes about two mches down on .fte side of the 1 sash toward you. and this sends the ! lower seam two Inches up on the op-I op-I poslte side. Tho sash la pressed In I this way. the ends are gathered and For there were a dozen such scraps tossed carelessly In one of those odd-lot, odd-lot, bargain baskets they have on ribbon rib-bon counters Then tho tag was looked at casually and the "bit of ribbon rib-bon for a bag-' was hastily abandoned The bargain price for that half yard of ribbon was $4 95. but oh, tho colors In it were gorgeous and alluring! Rainbow ribbons aro specially good for sashes. They have a bcauiiful texture and a very rich luster. Several Sev-eral sashes made of rainbow ribbon are pictured and some of these sashes show the amount of work designers now put In small details of dress. But then, the sash Is a very Important dress-detail this season' Ono of these sashes has a pretty (bow shaped like a six-pcJntcd star, or : If you prefer l!k'e iatsy. Another I sash In the ame Illustration Is of Nattier blue faille ribbon with a cre-j cre-j cent of pink roses toward the front. A strip of black velvet ribbon goes il U through the center of the blue sash, passing under the rose garland Beneath Be-neath this sash Is a dainty model of pink ribbon in two shades. The ribbons rib-bons are pleated to make the girdle part and over the pleats is an ap-pllqu'ed ap-pllqu'ed bowknot of narrower ribbon, also in two shades of pink. At the extremo right of this picture Is a very ' handsome sash of black moiro ribbon with an appllqued ornament of s.ik i embroidery' and beads One end oT I this sash has a tassel, the other end is cut straight across. At tho top of tho other picture Is a sash of black velvet ribbon with a fac-! fac-! ing of cerise satin on the girdle part. Across the front of the girdle is a strip of heavy lace fastened to the ; black velvet under garlands of cerise colored roses. Below this sash is a graceful, draped affair of flowered nbbon and narrpW velvet ribbon. This way of draping. Instead of knotting the sashend. is worth special study-In study-In the same picture arc satin ribbon cashes for dance frocks. |