Show Sewing tips T ps from the machine of Ada Lloyd This will be the final aspect aspeci of our our discussion on patch pockets This week we will discuss when it is advisable to lin line patch pockets pockets' and how it is done once the decision has been made to do it A lining serves serves one of two purposes or a combination thereof It may be either decorative or functional I IF F IT is decorative then you substitute substitute sub sub- the lining fabric for one of the pieces of regular fabric and proceed inline inline in inline line with our our discussion of two weeks ago Briefly to review the top fabricand fabricand fabric fabricand and the lining fabric are placed with right sides together The pocket is i stitch and pressed it is then turned to the right side where it is completed and then attached to the garment by means of top stitching The finished lip thus the lining fabric in a decorative manner A good example of when this might create I the desired effect would be to line Une a blue denim pocket with a ared ared ared red and white gingham check A functional lining is required when the top fabric frays or when it lacks sufficient body to create the desired ef ef- In this instance the lining must be in color and texture but perhaps even more important it must be tightly enough woven so as not to fra fray enough a as to be of any any eon consequence sequence and it must have sufficient body so as asto asto asto to impart the desired level of to the pocket THE FOLLOWING three methods of lining a patch pocket to meet a need all assume the construction we we discussed last week in fn which top stitching and edge stitching provide c for forthe forthe forthe the primary finishing of the pocket One alt alternative would be beto to to work the two pieces as one one ne and after the edges are turned to Uie inside to leave them raw on the assumption they will not show While it is one wa way of providing stability stability ity it is n not ta a a method to be considered by the individual desiring professional results A second alternative which will create f far r more more professional results is is' is isto to work the the two pieces as s' s sone one but to finish off the rough edges by either binding them or or using a a finishing overcast type of stitch on your machine Once having done this this' the method of application isas isas is isas as previously discussed A THIRD alternative also yielding professIonal professional professional pro pro- results is to do the functional lining by the same method discussed in the decorative lining but to then proceed proceed proceed pro pro- with the second method of oL application cation i Ii i Consider your fabric and the effect you want to achieve to determine if a alining alining lining is required and then to determine which application will be most success success- ful Next week we will begin a discussion of ot collars Guests at the Elmo Reynolds home Monday night were Scott Hill and Ricky Hansen both of Springville High School The boys were with the Springville Music Music Music Mu Mu- sic group who participated in the Rock jazz Festival held at Uintah h. h Scott is the electronic technician and Ricky sings with the Springville His Hi's and assists assists assists as as- Scott with the electronics |