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Show I'WonianVWorJd Plenty of Room for Action Is Essential inClothes for Boys Bu rtta JlaLj UT'D RATHER have little , girls 1 than little boys," one hears a mother say, "because ifsw hard to keep the boys In clothes ' WeU, I suppose boys are Just a bit harder on clothes than dainty , little girls are. but 11 you do your own sewing and use sturdy ma ert-; ert-; als and good seams and also allow plenty of room for the active play In which the boys engage, there won't be anything too difficult about I keeping them in garments. You'll And that Dad's old clothing car. be utilized to make sturdy, eco-1 eco-1 i nomical clothing for Junior. Pants can easily be cut down or ripped : ! apart and sewed into little pants i for the youngster. Shirts, too, are easy to make from larger ones and ( you'll And that the material stands ' up beautifully for all the baseball, ! roller skating or other sports In which the boy may participate. Don't plan to make long-sleeved shirts fur boys' everyday wear. They are much too active, they get into . too much dirt for you to be bothered both-ered scrubbing cults clean on every shirt you wash. Short sleeves are ; not only easier to care for, but they also allow more freedom of movement for boys at play. Study seam construction carefully before you start sewing and bear in mind that everyday clothes will have to stand up under innumerable washings. Big patch pockets are , useful because they are nice for 1 carrying all sorts of incongruous objects, ob-jects, even if you don't always like ' the job of cleaning them out. Bound ' buttonholes and bound slits are also ; very useful because they will stand wear better than any other type of construction. Make Flat Felled Seams For Utility Clothing To make seams properly for utility util-ity garments, be sure that you leave sufficient allowance of fabric for a nice-sized seam. If you find that the material ravels easily, for example, ex-ample, allow about to K of an inch more for the seam. If you are not an experienced i seamstress, the best rule to fol-j fol-j low before putting seams together is to baste everything before stitch- et pieces and press the seam allowance al-lowance over the edges of the cardboard. card-board. This will assure all the pockets pock-ets being the same size. In heavier fabrics, cover the raw edge with flat seam binding after you have turned the edge, then hem it. Pin the pocket on the garment j and check accuracy of placement. If you stitch the pocket close to the edge, the top is finished with one or more rows of machine stitching. stitch-ing. If you stitch away from the edge a bit, the seam seamline is followed across the top of the pocket. pock-et. In finishing the shirt you'll want to make the shoulder seams, then the yoke, then the sleeves. Incidentally, Inci-dentally, in stitching up the sides of the shirt, the sleeve seams can be stitched at the same time, making just the one seam. The collar may be stitched In place at any time after the shoulder shoul-der seams are finished, but most of the time the collar is attached when the facing (down the front) is turned. When you are making shorts for the boys, pin the pieces together as you cut them. Often, women get confused after cutting out the shorts because almost all the pieces look so similar it is difficult to assemble them. Always use the flat-felled seams for shorts. If you are altering a pair of Dad's trousers for the boy, you can cut them down yourself, if you feel competent com-petent enough to do so, or if you wish, buy a pattern and cut from that. you have uornout men's clothes. . . . ing on the machine. You may also j use a pinned seam, allowing the foot : of the machine to push the material. materi-al. This method is good for heavy fabric. To make a pinned seam, place the pins close together and set In from the edge so they can be removed re-moved as you stitch. The flat-felled seam is very popular popu-lar In men's and boys' clothing because be-cause the seam is flat, easy to press and looks well tailored. To make it, first stitch the raw edges of the outside of the garment as for a reg- ular seam. Trim off one edge of the seam to within V4 inch of the seam I line. Turn under the raw edge of j the other side Vi inch and pull it j flat over the short side. Hem by : hand or machine so the seam lies I flat. Patch Pockets Are Made ( With Cardboard Pattern j Patch pockets should be made I Just as correctly as possible to look j well on tailored garments, such Makt thmn into garments for unior. at shirts and pants. Cut the pat-, pat-, ttrn from a piece of cardboard but do not leave an allowance for seams on the pattern itself. Place the card- i board pattern over each of the pock ' |
