For Summer Dance Frocks.
A Ribbon Pochette Six and a-half Inches by Four Inches.

Materials required:- 9 yds. half-inch ribbon. 1/4 yd. sateen. 1/4 yd. silk lining. Tailors' canvas or other stiffener.

The design sketched (on p. 58) was carried out in two shades of green ribbon. Cut an oblong of sateen 6 1/2in. by 11in. and tack stiffener to it. Cut thirteen strips of pale - green ribbon 11in. long, and twenty-two strips of mid-green 6 1/2in. long. Tack the strips of palegreen to one end of the sateen and the strips of mid-green to one side. Machine stitch them to position. Weave the strip of mid-green next the stitched end over and under the pale-green strips and pin at the opposite edge. Continue to weave the page 58 strips across until all are pinned in position. Now pull the pale-green strips firmly into position and tack. Machine stitch the remaining two edges of oblong and press.

One end of the oblong must be cut to a curve or point for the flap of the bag. Machine ribbon firmly to sateen just within where you intend to cut. Cut bias strips from the lining silk and bias bind the oblong. Fold the oblong at four inch intervals to form the pochette. The sides should be machine stitched at the inner edge of the binding. Make up the silk lining separately and attach to pochette. If desired, a tiny pocket with domed flap may be attached to the lining and serve as a purse Lingerie braid makes a dainty finish to the lining inside the flap.

A plaited pochette of the same material as a frock may be made. Printed taffeta would be very suitable. Have a sufficient amount of material hemstitched in half-inch widths, and cut to form picot-edged “ribbons.”

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