Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1914 — LETTING OUT BABY CLOTHES [ARTICLE]

LETTING OUT BABY CLOTHES

Matter That Should Be Kept In Mind When the Garments Are First Planned and Made. In making frocks for the baby the “letting out” that will inevitably be found necessary in the course of a few months should always be provided for. A double hem at the bottom la a great convenience to the busy mother who must do her own sewing. To make it, allow two or three inches more on the length of the garment than la needed for the ordinary wide hem. Make this latter hem in the usual way, finishing it with a row of machine stitching; then turn it up on the under side until the frock is of the required length for immediate wearing and hem it on the machine with a rather large and loose stitch. Then when the frock needs to be lengthened, there will be nothing to do but take out the temporary stitching. which is a very simple matter. Sleeves may be prepared for future lengthening by having one or more tucks run in them by hand, to be let out as occasion may require. . If placed about midway of either the upper or lower arm, these tucks will be rather ornamental than otherwise, and their ultimate purpose will hardly be suspected.