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Show Hints Offered on New Fabric Sewing i Clothes that offer the "modern! living" advantage of man-made j fibers can be made at home1 quickly and easily by following la few up-to-the-minute sewing' hints. Emma Nielson, county home demonstration agent, says that basic procedure in sewing is essentially es-sentially the same for synthetic fabrics as for fabrics of the natural na-tural fibers. Here ar? some suggestions which will be helpful in sewing of man-made fibers. Use well-sharpened shears and cut smoothly with the middle of the blade, using long, clean strokes. Cut a generous seam allowance al-lowance if the fabric his a tendency ten-dency to ravel. Use fine sharp needles with smooth points for both machine and hand sewing. The home agent advises that it's best to change the machine needle frequently fre-quently when sewing on fabrics of man-made fibers because the toughness of these fibers will I dull the needle. Use clay chalk for marking; crayon or wax may leave marks that are hard to remove. It is best to use thread that has about the same qualities as the fabric to be stitched. Thus, nylon thread if recommended for nylon fabrics. Thread of "Da-cron" "Da-cron" is preferable for fabrics containing "Dacros" or "Orion," although nylon thread car) also be used. Cut rather than break the thread to avoid "pulled" seams and to give clean-cut ends that are easier to put through the eye of the needle. Test stitching on all fabrics. Use a double thickness of material mater-ial on the straight of the goods. If lengthwise stitching is satisfactory, satis-factory, the bias or crosswise stitching will also be rightd. For some sheer types of fabrics, Miss Nielsen recommends that stitching stitch-ing on paper may give more effective ef-fective results. |