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It If you wish you can make the theJ theJ J ; meJ.pent attern attem up loosely from an meJ.pen meJpen meJ.penve inexpenwe . t ve piece of muslin muslm and try it on 9 9r Sot onSot r comfort Make certain too that thatt thatteam eam am allowance is ample so stitches stitcheso stitchesHK o > not pull pullt " t lghtwci ghtwelght ht Materials Materialsay Materialslay ay Use Lace Jlles BelliesIt Jllest | t Isamazmg Is amazing amazmg as to the materials materialsat materialsgat at may be used for lightweight lightweightedjackets lightweightjackets skIrtf [ jackets You may find the skirt f * an old chiffon formal that still stillas stillas perhapsatm perhapstill as good fabric fabnc in it or perhaps till that is mellowed but still good Soft cretonnes cretormes brushed cottons cottonsand cottonsand and even the thin thm sheer cotton fab fabrlCS fabncs rlCS such as nainsook namsook soft muslin muslinbatIste muslinbatiste batIste etc are wonderful for a aproJect aproject proJect of this typeIf type typeIt It If the color npeds n eds a b t of lIftmg lIftmgdon liftingdon don t hesitate to do that In many manycases manycases cases it s simply a matter of dye dyemg dyeing mg at home folio v ng directions and andgetting andgetting getting perfect resultsYou results resultsYou You can go as feminine femlnme as you iIke youlike youiIke in m making makmg the bedjacket bedacket ) With Withany withany any of the above mentioned fabrics fabricsIn fabricsIn In case you have some old rolls of oflace oflace lace bear this in m mind mllld when you youselect youselect select your pattern or purchase purchasesome purchasesome some it If you really must ha\e ha e hae ha\ ha \ e the thefrills thefrills thefrillsRuffles frills frillsRuffles Ruffles may be made on your sew sewmg sewing mg machine machme with that part cular at attachment attachment tachment and you may well have haveenough haveenough enough of the material with wh ch chto chto to make them See that they are areneatly areneatly neatly finished firushed and attached to the thegarment thegarment thegarmentDon garment garmentDon Don t forget that ruffles ruffies take t me meto meto to iron and you should guide your yoursel yourself sel ! accord ngly in m putting puttmg them on onIn onin In view of whatever time you have havefor havetor for the upkeep of the garmentLightweIght garment garmentLightweight Lightweight bedjackets do not nothave nothave have a lining Imlng and for this reasonmust reason Jmust must be neatly finished fmlshed Use plam plamseams plainseams seams and pink these with shears shearsor or overcast them or you may over overcast overcast cast them if 1f you feel they will not notbear notbear bear up . well wellFor ell ellFor For the sheer fabr cs you may maystItch maystitch stItch the seams twice Be certa n nto nto to test the st tches on a sl p of the thefabnc thefabric fabnc so you know how to adjust the themachme themachine machme so that the material will willnot willnot not pullAs pull pullAs As with all sheer shecr fabrics you may mayplace mayplace place the fabric fabnc aga nst tissue paper paperand paperand and sew on that R p off the fabrIC fabrICafter fabricafter after ) ou have finished sewing |