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Show Make Camisole of Handkies Garment Easy to Construct by Using Soft Kerchiefs With Embroidered or Scalloped Edges. Take three soft handkerchiefs of fine material and with embroidered or scalloped edges. Fold each handkerchief hand-kerchief diagonally through the middle mid-dle and press the creases well with a moderately hot iron. With sharp scissors scis-sors cut along the lines thus made; you will now have six triangular pieces of equal size. Cut the insertion inser-tion to whatever lengths are required, which can be ascertained by measuring. measur-ing. There should be two long rows, with plenty of length allowed for fullness, full-ness, for the top of the garment; two center strips to meet In points at the front and at the back, each crossing the shoulder without a seam ; two short strips for use at the joining of the front and the back, and two short rows for each nrmholo. The easiest way to put the sections together Is to pin them In thu proper Cosltlon on a large sheet of paper and then tack the strips of Insertion Into place and remove the paper. In putting put-ting the front of the camisole together leave the left edge of the center section sec-tion free for an opening. Sew small ! pearl buttons on the under edge and small loops on the Insertion. After you have Joined all the sections, sec-tions, fit the garment on the wearer. If possible; it will probably be necessary neces-sary to draw In both back and front at the top with small gathers. Add the yoke, made of double strips of Insertion, and the armhole rows and finish them with a lace edge to match. Through the openwork of the lace run a narrow ribbon for gathering; Instead In-stead of ribbon a crocheted lingerie cord may be ued that Is made with a simple chain stitch of white thread of a weight suited to the texture of the lace. Finish the bottccn with a narrow tape. Some smart Paris frocks have narrow nar-row bands at the hem. |