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Show WOMAN'S WORLD jSimple Sewing, Dyeing Tricks Add Glamour to Dull Wardrobe By Ertta Haley Year 'Round Suit ' 1 .:: . ,. . i J I ' i ; J ' j ! ; 1 wardrobe need be dull or col-orless col-orless if you use some simple sewing and dyeing tricks to add glamour touches to it. Most of these projects will involve only a minimum of time and effort, and they can add more fashion to your clothing than a new dress. As every smart woman knows, accessories will stretch many a basic wardrobe into one that no one would even suspect of meeting meet-ing only the minimum requirements. require-ments. With some thought and imagination imag-ination put to work, you can turn out accessories that have a custom-made custom-made look. A baisc dress versatile enough in color and simple enough in styling can be changed through the use of different colored scarves at neck or waist; it will become still another an-other dress with a matching print bolero and cummerbund. Gloves and matching hat will give it a third change. School and business girls who have at their disposal their Dad's or brothers' shirts have found they can be cut down to their size, and then touched up with bold plaid cuffs and bowties. Jackets, wesklts, stole treatments and capes for evening wear are all possible additions to the wardrobe if you use old materials wisely and well. Dickies, collar and cuff sets, or scarves for dresses and suits are all within your grasp with a little Turn old sweaters into weskits . . . application of time and imagination imagina-tion to remnants or parts of old clothing. AO of these suggestions involve very little in cash outlay, as long i as old clothing is available to be turned neatly into fine accessories. Check over the situation and plan accordingly. Create Basio Dress For These Accessories If you do not have an adaptable basic dress in the wardrobe you can probably acquire one readily through an old discarded one. It should have simple lines and styling styl-ing so that it can be worn with cape, jacket, jewelry or scarves. Black is the most frequent basic dress color used, but there's no reason why the dress can't be one of the new shades of brown, gray, dark green, wine or beige, or even navy. , A hand-me-down suit skirt will yield a clever cape to be worn with the dress on such days as need no coat. If you feel unequal to the task of cutting one out, get a pat- This year 'round suit from Adele Simpson's new collection is made of pare wool with a black velvet trim and a black velvet blouse. The tweedy weave is of copper and black. The sleeves of the fitted jacket are slashed at the wrist and have a three-button closing, A white shirtwaist of cotton broadcloth can be used as it is after cutting to size, or it may be dyed. Brighten it still further by using inexpensive plaid ribbon for a bow at the collar and matching cuffs. Old blouses can be tinted into pastel shades that will go with several sev-eral different skirts or suits. Give them added effect by monogram-ming monogram-ming the pocket with your name in a contrasting color. Simple crepe blouses are lovely when tinted a pastel becoming to you. Dress up the blouse for more formal occasions by decorating with sequins which are very easy to apply. Get More out of Sweaters With These Tricks Sweater colors certainly can be changed if the old colors do not meet your new wardrobe requirements. require-ments. You can also brighten old colors . by washing the sweater, and then tinting it in the original color to make it fresh and bright. Gentle handling and gradual temperature changes are important impor-tant in washing, tinting and dyeing dye-ing of sweaters just as they are with other woolens. Lift them in and out of the water supporting the whole garment to prevent sagging and getting them out of shape. If you have a boxy pullover sweater, make a dress-up sweater by recutting and sewing it to a new shape. Tint, if necessary to go with skirt Informal Party Dresses Are Easy to Create If the wardrobe is lacking a dress for casual evening get-togethers, use a handed-down evening dress, or an old basic dress re-dyed and refitted. The charm of the dress will lie in its accessories which may also be made from other old clothing. A small basque jacket made from a discarded suit jacket, and dyed to match the dress will be a perfect per-fect accessory for the informal dress. A double row of small buttons but-tons marching down the front of the jacket is an effective treatment treat-ment Leave the jacket collarless if you have a Peter Pan or a nice pointed collar that can be worn over the jacket. Old dresses which have ripped around the armholes or have their bodice worn in other ways are good material for a jumper. These may be plain or print, heavy or lightweight light-weight materials. Cut the neckline in a low boat style and wear a pretty pret-ty tucked front blouse with the jumper. The worn bodice of an old dress may be replaced with a new lace top dyed to match or contrast with the skirt of the dress. Insert a band of the same lace in the skirt so that it will look as though the two really belonged together. Discarded Dis-carded lace tablecloths are good sources of lace for just such projects proj-ects as this. Here are Good Sources For Materials From the good portions of a lace tablecloth, you can make a stole and mitts for evening wear. Dye the lace a luscious pastel color that will harmonize with the cloth ing. From an outside sweater you can make a weskit, mittens and stocking stock-ing cap. Dye a wintery color and add gay yarn embroidery for finishing fin-ishing edges. From a candlewiek bedspread you can get enough for a casual jacket to wear for playtime, or a stole to wear for evening parties. nd shirts into blouses. tern either for the cape alone, or for the cape and dress combination being shown. An old print dress will yield a nice cummerbund and scarf set, I or, if you prefer, a bolero and cum-imerbund. cum-imerbund. Have one of the colors lin the print used match or harmon-lize harmon-lize with the basic color in the dress. I Old remnants or pieces from eve-jnlng eve-jnlng clothes will frequently yield 'interesting scarves. If the material ma-terial is faded or unsuitable, see 'what can be done about dyeing it into an attractive combination with the dress. If the scarves will !not go with the dress, check to see whether they'll be suitable for wear with sweaters, jackets or suits. Scarves may be long rectangular shapes to wind about the throat or waist; or, they may be square or triangular. Simple machine or hand hemming will finish the edges, end the scarf is all ready to be used. Fancy scarves for more formal occasions may have the prints outlined out-lined in sequins. Tap Old Sources For New Blouses Look to father's old shirts or pajama tops for sources of fabric for simple blouses. Striped shirts can be dyed charming pastel colors, col-ors, whiteshirts can be used Just as they are, or may be dyed a dark color like navy, brown or dark green. |
