Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 186, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1912 — Dainty Designs for Simple Dress and Long, Ample Coat [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Dainty Designs for Simple Dress and Long, Ample Coat

Cotton Dress. —This is a good style -for cottons, such as gingham, zephyr and foulards, as It would be easy to wash. Green cotton foulard sprigged with a darker shade is chosen for It. The skirt is made with a panel down front, with the sides lying over it in wrapped seams. The bodice has also the panel front and is trimmed with a collar and strappings of plain material; for the yoke and undersleeves muslin embroidery is used. Materials required: 5% yards cotton foulard 28 inches wide, % yard plain, % yard embroidery 18 inches wide. Coat for Day or Evening Wear.—This coat might well be used for day or evening wear, as it is a style that would lend itself tq all occasions; our model iirof natural colored Shantung and is high-waisted and plainly set to the bodice, which has slight fulness at waist. For the collar and cuffs striped black and white foulard Is used. Materials required: 6 yards Shan tun 33 inches wide, % yard foulard 40 inches wide.