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HHOSE THoSE lovely qu quilted ted bedspreads bedspreadsof of which we are so fond for fordressing tordressing dressing up our bedrooms begin begm to toshow toshow show wear after aiter a few seasons Per Perbaps Pernaps baps it Is a p ty that the lovelier loveIler ma materlals matenals terlals do not last longer but do donot donot not despair There s fine material In Inthese inthese these bedspreads tor for quilted qUIIt'd qUIItd ( ' jump jumpers jumpers ers tor for the girl In her teensQutIted teens teensQuilted Quilted QutIted jumpers for the younger youngerset youngerset set are re just the thing to wear fOT fOThousehold torhousehold household duties They keep the thedress thedress dress from getting soiled sotled and be because because cause of their loveliness they often oftenlend oftenlend lend glamour to the menial tasks taskssuch taskssuch such as dusting dustmg or straightening up upto upto to which every girl must devote devotesome devotesome some of her t meThe me meThe The principal prmclpal funct ( unct on of these thesejumpers thesejumpers jumpers Is to add a bit of color colorgaiety colorgaiety gaiety and charm For this reason reasonthe reasonthe the loveliness of these old worn wornoutbedspreads out outbedspreads bedspreads are truly ideal . See that thatthe thatthe the spread is well laundered and andpressed andpressed pressed before you begin begm workmg workingon workmgon on it In many cases these spreads spreadsare spreadsare are just made of cotton without lit little littie tle or no filler flIIer If you are not notcertain notcertain certain of material laundering well wellthen , , then have It dry cleanedPatterns cleaned cleanedPatterns Patterns for jumpers are ex extremely extremely tremely simple to cut and easy to tosew tosew sew They consist of a square neck neckusually neckusually usually a bit of ruffle ruffie over the shoulder a nipped in waist and andseamless andseamless seamless skirt . . By the way it if the bedspread bas hasa basa a white background with a print printon printon on It you might like to dye It Even Eventhough Eventhough though the background Is an aUrae aUraetlve attraclive tlve pastel the print will sbow sbowthrough showthrough showthroughEssentials through Essentials of Laying LayingPattern Layin ; Pattern CuttingBeore Cutting CuttingBe'ore Be'ore Beore ' # you attempt to cut the thejumper thejumper jumper from the material make makesure makesure sure that the fabric Is straightened straightenedout out Stretch and straighten the thegoods thegoods goods until both lengthwise and andcrosswise andcrosswise crosswise grains line up perfectly perfectlyNever perfectlyNever Never pull so hard as to damage If / / you have a light quilted qUiltedspread spread spreador or tear the fabric It If necessary necessarypress necessarypress press the fabric if tf you have a lot of ofcutting ofcutting cutting to doYou do doYou You will find chalk marks and andtailor andtailor tailor s tacks of Inestimable Inesttmable value valueas valueas as a guide gwde to sewing and fitting the thepieces thepieces pieces together These should be bemade bemade made in contrasting contrastmg color so they theywtII theywill wtII be easy to find Both sides sidesshould sidesshould should be marked in exactly the thesame thesame same way wayBefore I IBefore Before you start cutting cuttmg make makesure makesure sure that the pattern-whether pattern whether pattern - whether it be bea bea ' a professional professlOnal or a home made oneflts one onefits -flts flts - fits Then there will be no ma major major jor alterations aIteratIons once sewmg sewm < and fit fittmgs fittings tmgs are started startedIt It may be necessary to lay the thepattern thepattern pattern out several times ttmes before befor " you youcan youcan can make It fit the material- material materialThisIs - ThIs ThIsIs ThisIs Is especially true when you are aremakmg aremaking makmg a garment out of old ma materlal matenal terlal tor for then pattern layouts layoutswhIcb layoutswhich whIcb are made with new material materialin In mind will be of Wie ht\Ie ht Ie \ helpFor help helpFor For the simple jumper which I Ihave Ihave have described descrtbed you will need only onlythese onlythese these parts front bodice ( made madewithout madewithout without sleeve's sleeves sleeve ' ) back bodice back backMales Males Make a jumper from it it . . at of skirt and front of 01 skirt-two skirt two skirttwopieces skirt - twopieces pieces since no gored or seam ( earn ef eftect effeet tect is desirable on this quilted quiIted type typeot 01 material and nd then the two or orthree orthree three inch band which will circle circlethe circlethe the waist If ruffles rumes or capped el elfect effeet fect over the shoulders is desired desiredthis desiredthis this will add two more pieces to the thepattern thepattern thepatternSew pattern patternSew Sew the shoulders together first firstthen firstthen then the side seams Finish the I Petticoat Ruffles II A dress of sophistication with a ahint hint of romance Is made of straw strawberry berry chambray with ruIDes of ofeyelet eyelet by J03n Norton Irwm skirt next by stitching stltchlng the side sideseams sideseams seams then fit the skirt to the waist waistband waistband band and to the bodice put In Inplace Inplace place carefully baste andsew and sew The Thecapped Thecapped capped effect over the sleeves may maybe maybe be added after the jumper Itself Is Isflntsbed Isfinished IsfinishedIn flntsbed flntsbedIn In a quilted qwIted material of this type typeIt typeIt It Is best to make the garment three threeto threeto to five inches shorter than the dress dressNo dressNo No large turnedseam turned seam should be beused beused used as this will make the hem too toobulky toobulky bulky Rather It is best to use usea usea a narrow binding bmdmg at the skirt and andturn andturn turn a little httIe of the quilting qullhng under underneath underneath neath ( so the band will not show showon showon on the outside ) press carefully and andI andthen then hem bem in m place placeSewing I Sewing Heavy Fabrlo FabrloNeeds FabricNeeds Needs Special CareIt Care CareIt It s the wise woman who will test testher testher her sewing seWlng machine machme on the type of ofl oft l bnc brtc she is using usmg before she at- at attempts at attempts - tempts to do any sewing sewmg on the gar garment garment ment itself It may be that the theneedle theneedle needle Is too light hght or too heavy Spe Spe- Special Special - cial attention attentlon should be given to the thethreadremember thethread thread-remember thread remember - remember that the bobbm bobbmand bobbinand and the needle should have the same sametype sametype type ol of thread threadl ! And last but not notleast notleast least , , check the tension tenslOn on the ma machine machine chine to make sure you are gettmg gettmgnice gettingnice nice stitches without any forcing forcmg or orpulIlng orpulling pulIlng In ideal sewing sewmg techmque techmquethe techniquethe the tension , , stitch stltch and thread work workIs workis Is In such accord that they seem to toflow toflow flow out of the machine machme without any anyrestraint anyrestraint restraint Every st tch should bestraight be | straight and perfectIn perfect perfectIn In learning learmng how to st tch straight straightmark . , mark pieces of paper with straight straightlines straightlines lines squares and triangles Take Takethe Takethe the thread out of the machine machme and andthe andthe the bobbin bobbm out of the mach ne and andpracttce andpractice practtce stitching stttching on the marked markedlines markedlines lines Turn the corners accurately accuratelyand accuratelyand and keep spaces evenPockets even evenPockets Pockets may be placed on the thejumper thejumper jumper if tf desired desU'ed desUed ' provided the ma materfal material terfal used is not so heavy as to tomake tomake make the fintshpd finish 'd d ' garment bulky bulkyappearmg bulkyappearing appearmg or stitching stltchmg too difficult difficult.The difficultThe . . The hems at the tops of the pockets pocketsmust pocketsmust must be placed in m first before the thepockets thepockets the pockets garment are placed and sewed onto ontothe ontothe theI I |
