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Show W A SIMPLE HOME-MADE PETTICOAT bHJHh 3B-- hi ' ' ' '' " ' H Garment May De Easily Developed by H the Family Dressmaker Many HB Ways to Finish. H One of tho easiest tasks to which HS the homo dressmaker can turn her H ihand Is tho making of petticoats. HB '"Jtoughly estimated," ns builders say, HB two widths of 81-inch silk Joined to- MM Bother at each sldo and narrowed off HB o llttlo toward the waist tnako nn ex- HK cellent little petticoat for ordinary pur- HB iposcs and, to insure perfect fitting, tho H front should bo slightly scooped out at I the wnlst, and then tho whole thing HH run onto nn ctnstlc band, Thero are B many wnys In which theso petticoats BjHI may bo finished; an accordlon-plalted HH frill from twelve to fourteen Inches EK deep gives freedom for walking, or Hfl three small kilted frUts make a very K good finish, nud there are many shops IB tnlny wnlch do ulltIn,?' ncordlon HBff plaiting, ptcot edging and hem-stitch- HI lug. Another pretty way of making n HIQ petticoat Is to cut tho hem Into large HHQH wallops and edge them round with a narrow kilting; this gives tho uneven lui.i which is rather populur Just now For nn entirely accordion or sun-raj plaited petticoat one requires three times as much material as the Intended Intend-ed width of tho petticoat; for Instance, tho Christian Science Monitor directs, If the petticoat Is to t-easuro one and ono-hnlf yards at tho hem, It would require tho material to be four and one-half one-half yards wide; this would probably ir.ean about five widths Joined together to-gether Into n quite straight piece. The licni could bo tacked up and sent tc the shop to bo hemstitched and thru nccordlon-plalte.1 ; when It returned nothing would remain to bo done but to Join up tho last seam and sew an clastic t the wnlst. A crepe de chine petticoat, mado In this style, is most successful; It takei the plaiting so well and Is light and dainty to wear. |