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Show I dinner and date dress, also of a shows.details of bodice boning that helps win the contest. Thii sketch prize-winnin- g Jr mms to Me Skill In Boning Helped This Dress by Patricia Scott At YEAR AGO, a young college girl from Dearborn, Michigan, named Elizabetth Pasut had one of her dreams come true. This as winner of a sewing contest in the talented 20 year-olage group was awarded a trip to Paris for two, plush cash prizes. 18-2- 1 I EXAMINED the boning in her dress and found it perfect. For a pattern, she used the bodice lining pieces included in the pattern. She sewed the lining pieces together, pressed the seams open and proceeded to apply the feather boning over the seams on the right side of the lining. First she tacked the boning to the lining with a cross stich (fig. A) very, very important, she stressed! Next, she edge stitched the boning to the lining (fig. B) using the zipper foot machine attachment. She then took ribbon seam binding and edge stitched that over the boning (fig. C). Last, she tacked the bodice lining on all seams. wide stole of Elizabeth made a beautiful three-yarF satin. She folded the satin in half lengthwise and stitched the long open side closed, to within three inches of each fend. She then turned it right side out and pressed the stitch ledge. For the final elegant touch, she started pulling the threads at the two open short ends, until till threads weie pulled up to the three inches she left unstitched. 1 48-inc- d silk-face- 9 Miss Scott Is always glad to hear from her readers and whenever 1 possible will use their questions In her column , but because of the great volume of mall received dally, she cannot answer individual let-- 1 ters. Address questions to Patricia Scott, The Salt Lake Tribune, P. O. f Box 867, Salt Lake City, Utah. j ' I 6 Heres Mom TJto By Isabel Salt Lake Tribune Home Magazine |
