Show WOMANS WORLD add glamour to wardrobe by sewing own accessories Adess ories by erita haley whether youre clothes budget conscious or simply want to put your own ingenuity to work your wardrobe ward can undoubtedly benefit by accessories of your own making the woman who can afford only a few items basic to the wardrobe can expand it almost indefinitely by making attractive accessories for it on the other hand even though they can afford to go out and buy gloves purses scarves and other such items many women prefer to make their own because they feel they can get something original and different you dont have to be an expert on lowing lewing to add these clever and at touches to the wardrobe neither keliher do you havo have to expend a lot pop pep your wardrobe with a skirt of time and energy making them the rewards however are far greater than you would dream he pleasures of creating the interesting effects for the wardrobe ward and your friends praise of your ingenuity take for example the case of the girl who could afford only an inexpensive sun dress it fitted her nicely and looked attractive but sines since she had to wear it all season long she took steps to get three different dresses out of it her first step was to make a cope cape jacket for it so the dress could be appropriately worn for going shopping as well as calling instead of just a sports tog this took less than a yard of material in a contrasting color and about two hours to make it gives her an extra dress her next step consisted of buying still another piece of contrasting material this was used tor for making a lopped cuff which snapped around the top of the bodies bodice this gave her still another chango change for tho the original dress make old hals hali do extra duty if you feel that summery hats are a poor anve investment estment then jou you probably used them to their fullest adf course you can refresh veiling and change flowers or remove one arboth or both but even that always enough wear to maka them worth buying just in caso 1 1 you jou have one or two two 1 old sailor hats knocking about in tho the back of the closet here are some soma good ideas for them when you get through remodeling them you wont bo be able to recognize the old hats sailor hats because of their reg ul arity are easy to cover covert with new material this might be some material from ai a dress youve just made or a small piece of fabric picked up at the remnant counter or a renovated hat bas which will give just the contrasting note you need with some summer clothes fabric felt falt or straw may becom ba covered bated in this way since you need pilly only io 16 cut the material to fit it its py pasy to ta tack on with small emall stif cs you might make inako a belt or purse nurse cover with tho the samo same mater lil if tl theres eres enough left and thus ave jave yourself matched accessories si it if the old sailor sallo hat does doe snot not took look at as snappy as you would have I 1 it you might try trimming off some of the brim since most of the new hats in this style have rather narrow brims change the angle at which youve been wearing it too it if a help picture brimmed hats need not be new cleaned and refreshed they too can take on a new look one of the easiest ways to bring them back into circulation Is to cut 0 off if some brim and to sew some stiff veiling or ribbon around the outer most edge add a hat band to match or contrast your dress and possibly a bow and see what these will do remodeling helps stretch slender blender wardrobes wardrobe easily its a truth of long standing that your wardrobe Is what you make it rather than what your present budget happens to offer if in previous seasons you purchased wisely bless those days now for many of these clothes can bo be used even though clothes are worn thin in spots a few remodeling tricks arick can give them their the magic that yields another season season or two of satisfactory wear long full sleeves on I 1 blouses which have worn out at the arm holes for instance can be cut oft off entirely ent liely to give you a sleeveless blouse which Is so popular right now if you dont have a skirt get right into fashion by making a brightly printed circular type there you have a costume that Is strictly fashion right tailored b blouses I 1 0 u a e s particularly yield themselves to having their I 1 sleeves cut oil off entirely simply bind the sleeve edge and you may beai wear tho the blouse with not only the skirt lust just mentioned but also with suits stilts which always can use an extra blouse collar and cuff fashions lend themselves 4 to 0 o many provocative changes on clothing one of the newest Is the stand standup up collar that can be made for any good basic dress it if you like add some interesting large cuffs to a short or long sleeved dress or blouse use some of the new fabrics with interesting textures to give the dress the desired lift old boleros baleros take on a great deal of interest if lined with a bright new print add a bow of this same print to your hat and you have a brand new outfit long rows of buttons ma may y bo be added to bodices or slender skirts for a decorative touch that Is both new and novel purses and gloves yield themselves to treatment unless gloves are so worn as to bo be cast out then take them aside tor for renovating the efforts to give them a i lift are so little yet so rewarding in results i with the tha interest in decorative cuffs on gloves you can see what an easy matter it is to change an ol 01 old d pair into something that looks like it came out of a fashion window ruffles of nylon gathers of fine lace or embroidery work are all good techniques to apply to old gloves |