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Show Tuesday, June 27, 1950 THE DRAGERTON TRIBUNE, DRAGERTON, UTAH PAGE SEVEN WOMAN'S WORLD Technique wvrw.S Important in Sewing Is By Ertta Haley FLAIR for styling clothes, but my sewing technique Is really very poor. Tbs clothes just dont seem to stand up well after a little wear, says a who neighbor really enjoys making her own wardrobe. What should she and others like her do? They cant go out to attend sewing classes, neither should they be advised to give up something they like so well. Can technique be learned after sewing haphazardly for some time? Yes, sewing techniques can be Improved with just a few tips in the right direction, and a bit of patience to do the proper things The rewards are clothes that youll be proud to wear, and also clothes that will withstand laundering, hard wear and cleaning. Actually its fun to do things according to methods that consistently give good results. Your pleasure is not just in a seam well sewed, but a garment that a good T HAVE $7 A ed. If the outer seams are likely to show the mark of the seam, place a piece of paper under each side s before pressing. A s f Materials which have a raised design or embroidery of any kind v r f r AY: - ' , ' , i - I ' Vvll K I ' - : : r fofriiUiiaas rji Interest is given to the face with a profile bonnet such as this, made of natural milan straw with a deep, rolling brim faced in siren red straw. A cluster of bright straw line of the the crown. The fruits are repeated in a wrist band, used as an accessory to the hat. ao-cen- ts side-swe- pt should be pressed face down into a heavy turkish (terry cloth) towel to prevent flattening. Metallic materials require little iron heat. Velvet or deep napped fabrics should be steamed rather than pressed. Place a damp cloth against a standing iron, and when steam rises, move the material through the steam, moving fingers carefully so as not to leave marks on it. Observe Sewing Directions For Best Results marks and other direc. Pattern tions have been carefully tested to give the best results. Those who Ignore notches in the patterns, seam allowances and other such markings regret them in the long run, for all have a reason for being there. materials , . . X v' 3 ' 1 iMt i : - 3 ''K - i , v i , ' S YppZPP ;1 'J P v , y h: J - Xvl ' Y j t -- 'I s s' f'pPi fp I ! 1 A - ' ) . $ J 1 ! 'if fl t i. GOING TO TRY IT AGAIN . . . There's nothing like the ma rlnes. Im glad to get back in. With those words, Master Sgt. Elmer C. Bender reenlisted for another bitch, his third since 1942. Bender (right) was one of the two American military personnel recently released by Chinese Commonlsts after having been imprisoned by them for 19 months. With, Bender In the photo is Maj. Robert Rynerson. Only the very experienced seam- Pampering Son Unfair to Girls rS b k 1 stress can take liberties with patKATHLEEN NORRIS terns.' Others would do well to follow all directions explicitly. If you want to alter a pattern slightly, Fabrics Only make it up first in a cheaper maShould be Used terial to see that it works properly. ALL VERY WELL to make a With expensive or hard to mato more than half its hours several Imagine spending about mother on mothers five of us, up What did with the $6,000 she value. to several days on a dress, only to nipulate materials, its a good Idea writes an girl day, to the in first make will not say. She she thus the find that after first laundering pattern up gained from Atlanta, "but' mothers can muslin and for and check a was size that does fitting it has shrunk t6 necessary. We believe like says it bad make mistakes, pretty ' just " at this all In details not fit!' it is all spent, or. nearly, for Ned way points. anyone else, and I'd like to know bought a new car; he says it is a is labeled material Unless the what you think of my mother. just borrowed, but we sanforized, it may very well shrink. Mother is a widow, aged 49. She friends car, is his. believe it Some materials which are not so has a small income; my sister and We love our mother, the letter labeled - or guaranteed may not I work and help support the house-holOr we did. When she finishes. shrink, but you dont know unless and my married sister contreats us -all our love and youve actually tried out the fabtributes, too. The problem is my trust comesfairly, back. But .this flowing ric. Its simple enough to clip off brother, 26 years old. He has been dreadful state of affairs gets worse a piece, launder, dry and press it idle, lazy, spoiled since he was a and worse; we hated it when we Check with original measurements baby. He is the only boy in the en- were little girls, it which were taken right after cutkeeps us nervous He is handsome and tire family. now. If we say anyand resentful ting the piece of goods. In this and popular, always being gay very mother asks us, with tears in way youll know how it behaves asked to parties we dont rate at thing to be nice to our only her with laundering. eyes, all. can we say to her What brother. For materials which do shrink, My mother cooks for him, laundmake her realize how unwill that do the shrinking before making ers his shirts, runs the whole house is? this Dory is 20, and engaged. the garment. Straighten the fabric for him, and gives him all the fair just When she marries I feel that I first. Wring out a piece of muslin simply cant carry on alone. We are or an old sheet in warm water and both teachers. the a surface. on Place flat lay and pressing yield better garments, carenew material over this, being Adolescent Adoration ful to avoid wrinkles in either the you dont waste material, and too, Here is a case of that odd, immuslin or new materiaL Make a you can sew much better having mature type of small woman who once. the with it through garment gone roll, covering has been the cuddly darling of some newspaper Other techniques which will yield muslin. Roll fabric with damp man all her life, and must remain cloth over, this and let stand for 12 good results for home sewing inso. There are old, old w&nen out in to a how stitch clude knowing hours. country homes who keep up this adolescent adoration of some male, After it has been rolled the re- straight seam. You can practice Pre-Shru- nk Pre-sbrun- f "Tt i W J .2. K ss; ' VW An Y I"- I 1 ' t cloth or a heavy piece of mateiial slightly dampened is recommend- Profile Interest 14 V- r d, tailor would admire. That, weU all admit, is a goal toward which its worth working. No one can do a good job of home sewing without having the equipment as well as the space. Few have a sewing room, and so they must at least have a space that can be converted quickly to sewing needs. This means a large table thats firm, of correct height, and leveL If necessary, use a dining room table with composition pads. Have your sewing machine as well as all the other aids for cutting basting and finishing close at hand. These may be placed In a large box that can be conveniently . , carried about An ironing board and iron with a pressing cloth should be part of basic equipment too. Bring them out when you do sewing. . 5 quired length of time, unroll the material and hang over a door to Straighten Fabrics dry. Hang fabric as straight as Before Cutting possible and avoid wrinkling. After drying, the material may Have you ever had a garment be pressed carefully, if it requires look slightly lopsided after cutting treatment this and sewing it? No, it didnt slip while you were doing the cutting Pressing Daring Sewing or sewing, probably, but it just Yields Good Looks wasnt straight to start with. Make certain the grain of the Pressing during die 'sewing of a fabric is true before you place the garment win yield better finished pattern on it for cutting. This is results and actually makes the done by clipping the selvage and whole sewing operation an easier catching one crosswise thread and one. It will give you a pretty good pulling it out gently. Cut carefully idea, too, of how the garment will look when its finished. on this line. Sometimes after tearing fabric, Pressing does not mean ironing it may be necessary to stretch it to the garment Hold the iron so it get the material back in line. glides lightly over the fabric rather Grasp opposite ends at points some than pressing down into the madistance apart; stretch and sew-sa- terial in long sweeps as you do it diagonally until the fabric is when ironing. - All seams, darts and tucks should in line. Repeat the above process along be pressed after you finish them, the length of the material. If this with the heat of the iron set for does not straighten the fabric, the correct temperature for the fabric. dampen it and stretch again. of a material piece Dampening Synthetic materials require the for straightening Is done by wet- least heat, and you might insulate ting a piece of muslin and placing what little heat you do use by over the fabric until enough mois- placing a dry pressing cloth over ture has been absorbed to make it the material before the Iron glides over it. Do not dampen the mapliable. Cottons and linens may be sprin- terial in any way, as it may cause kled as though for ironing, then the material to behave strangely rolled until the dampness has by wrinkling or puckering. WooJens require slightly more spread through evenly. Shake out lengtb-wte- ? pypf 9 door to let them beat than synthetics, but they bum A commercial 'pressing easily. dry, w '2L H k . hi with paper until you have the knack. Adjust stitches to the material with which you work. Match material to thread you use, not just in color but in weight. Finish seams with pinking shears ", . . gay and popular , . . or with hemming or by overcasta have and garment money she can get He sleeps late; ing, youll thats neat and better wearing. mother gave up an excellent Job at the hospital across the street, so that she could stay home and wait on Neddy. She never will har a word of criticism of him, and if he with Look for and make use of button buys her a dollar box of candy us and the money she borrows from trimmings if you want to add fashionfuss -right touches to your clothes. gives to him, she makes more Small buttons are used in clever than she ever does over anything we do. groupings while the large buttons Point of Contention are used for emphasizing certain Mother is very sweet and gen-tldetails of the clothing. this girls letter goes on. She besilks It will be a summer for so will cool and lovely. cause theyre always be perfectly amiable In addition to the dresses of silk of on every subject except Ned. If we which there are many, youll note criticize Ned her mouth shuts up sll!c touches of decoration in the and she looks Into space and doesnt way of scarves, blouses and sashes. answer. She and my brother-in-laTailored clothes for golfing and George havent been speaking since other sports no longer mean look- Christmas, because George told her ing masculine. No essential details what he thought of Ned. And as are lost in the. new dresses, but my sister stands by her husband, much softness of detail has been we never see Beatrice, whom we added. Jackets are full without love dearly. Bee would love us to looking bunchy and skirts are go live with her, but that would flared to catch the eye but not the leave mother practically unsupportbreeze. ed. She would have to rent rooms Because of its new crease-resistaor take 'boarders. Just this week we discovered qualities, youll be seeing linen in travel and daytime clothes.' It is that mother has mortgaged this cool and washable and tailors well. house, which my father left to all e, w nt often a husband, more often a son. My son was my sweetheart, he did everything for mama, they say fatuously. What the sons did was waste mamas time, throw away her money, and contemplate with great calm mamas relegation to a charity home. The casual, lazy affection of a worthless son is more than enough for mamas reward, and she is willing to cripple the lives of fine girls so that the boy shall be denied nothing. In this case, I advise Alice to divide her time, from now 'on. between her married sisters. Nothing will ever change the selfish, vain little woman whose mind and heart havent developed at all since the days of the junior prom. Flattery is the breath of her life; nothing the girls can do will avail against Neds murmur that shes the sweet est mom in the world, bringing his breakfast upstairs and remembering that he has to have some dough. Even her scolding of him, while she rumples his hair fondly, takes on a note of adoration. So Alice, move over to your sisters house. See what your mother and brother can do when left to themselves. Since Beatrice has two baby girls, you will be more than ordinarily welcome as companion, helper, and occasionally sitter, and you will be more apt to meet nice men there than in the collapsing walls of your old home. -- Kiliutl by WNU Fettirta |