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Show Adjusting to Make Clothes Fit Well Home sewing gives you a wonderful won-derful opportunity for making things fit. Slight alterations on ill-fitting garments spell the difference dif-ference between good and bad grooming For lengthening a dress, a folded fold-ed band of contrasting material may be added to the dirndl type of skirt The band, when finished should be about S inches wide for a youngster's garment and 7 inches wide for the adult. A concealed piecing at the top of a skirt can also serve to lengthen a skirt. Use a bolero for concealing purposes. If the sleeves of a dress are out-of-date, rip them out and remake re-make them. The current trend in the cap sleeve makes it possible to have new sleeves even If there is only a small amount of mat-rial. mat-rial. Proper sleeve padding is important. im-portant. Ready-made pads may be purchased reasonably, or they may be made from the same material ma-terial as the garment Baste them In and fit before actually attaching them. For bagglness at the back of the skirt of a dress, take out the back waistline seam and side scams of the skirt. Raise the back of the skirt Just enough to bring the side seams into line. Re-fit side seams and even the hemline. |