Show MAKING A SMART TRIMMING TRIM MINa I 1 wide tucks found on nearly every E smart garment arranged Arran fled with i perfect evenness i tucks albuya been popular as i a trimming hut but their sphere of use time e lins ims never been so wide oa as now nov when they tire found on nearly I 1 every coats unil anti alny toilettes toi tol lettes of every description in making a border of tucks it Is that they are tir ranged with perfect evenness creasing of lines and rough measurements cais ui i not be relied upon even by tile the most expert needlewoman por for the tha assistance of the lie 0 n few it hits hints on tucks are given here first amnie n guide for the work woric take n piece of thin card and on it n the required width of ih the tuck h twice the width of the tuck c the width v filth of the ho clince t to bo be left each tuck this to la generally as wide us os one width of tile the tuck the rard inny 1 I e notched or it may be wide enough to permit the ruling of unes bold the card over the ma t anti mark on ofphy by pins the position which the tucks are arc to take all bucas should bo be tacked before they nr ari sewn when lucks tire nrc made along tho the of material it la Is generelly pos possible sime without spoiling the fabric to drw draw out a ahrend and so proved a guide for putting in the stitches very verv nent cs eq equal in length must ile he usel used hand stitching le be dono on the ille underside of tile the tuck machine stitching should be mude on tile the top side if tucks tire anro to be made on a piece of material which Is wider at antono ono end the stitching must be put iut to in on tho tha wider side any anny falness can be nent ly jy adjusted when sewing and wilt will hu be concealed under the tucks when rhen they are pressed down dawn A smart for heavy iante flits gabardine tind so on the fori form n of on the lie rei erHo side of thu the the tucks nii ril clione in the ordinary way voy afi on the wrong wrone side tile the Is then turned turn ed tu the right alile rever revealing narrow narro w indented imes hues this trimming la Is ejective eXec tive on an danel of coats |