Show N Neat eat Hems ems emsT J T IS often difficult to make a a. neat neat- r IT looking hem on a a. skirt or coat made of ot ver very thick cloth for tor unless un un- unless i less It can cin bo pressed presed very flat fiat with witha a heavy Iron and sometimes even then there will be bo an unsightly hump or bulge at tho the point where the material material Is turned in fn at the top of ot the hem and and- stitched A good plan to follow when using thick material mate for a n. garment Is to turn turn up the hem perfectly flat without turnIng turn tarn Ing InS In the top edge In tho the usual tray say then baste bosto a piece of ot tape the tho color of the material or If It the color cannot b be matched use black on dark material and white on light material over th the tha raw edge o of ot the hem and stitch It la in laplace place on both the upper and long edges f By basting the tape In place the stitching stitch stitch- Ing can bo done on tho the right ht side side of tho the material using the basting threat thred as a aa a guide In case of ot a a. wide hem where the ma mar has to be ba laid In little pleats At atthe the tho top It can be made to Il lie nat flat by slashing the hem bem down from tram the top foran for tor foran an Inc Inch then tb th e over thus making only two o of material Jn Instead tend of ot three aa as would be the case with with a R. pleat Silk Bilk seam binding can be ba used of or tape I If you desire delre but that does doea f t wear BO so well as tape lave and will have bavo tabe to ta tobe be replaced when worn through 0 1 |