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Show SfON-S WORLD Advontages Avait Home Seamstresses Budget-Wise Coat tion without fitting it carefully to the figure. It's a good idea to baste the dress and press it, then try on and check fit carefully before doing do-ing the permanent stitching. Should the dress be too large to look attractive or too loose for comfort, make the tucks at the waist, under the arms or on the shoulders large enough to take up the excess. When the dress is too snug, let out some of the tucks and see if you can't give yourself additional room by making the side seams slightly smaller. Redingote Ensembles Are Popular Redingote ensembles are the favorite fashion among more mature ma-ture women or among those who must look well groomed, well dressed, crisp and business-like. With the new prints now available as well as with the luscious, solid-colored, solid-colored, lightweight woolens, these fashions will be among the most popular ones made at home. Smart women select not only one print for the woolen coat that buttons but-tons down the front, but two so they will have an easy change of costume. ' 1 By Ertta Haley J nTOUS FABRICS and new, 'H tirml nting styles await those 0Ge" wi are .handy with the f .no like to whip together ,an) booe on the sewing ma- field: :-ine- ft feel of the new . ?( ! Jhen you sew them, then b fc ,6riBwben you wear them. Pat- mcloy all the latest rtyle ,l0rS nd there's no reason why come Nut with clothes they been r h from the smartest shops. :;Tu S youreIt mk If yu enough for a strict fc boose one of the new soft Tr style suits? These are for Zer , well as for their mothers. :f f S,"k equally attractive. M-0 new wrinkle in the Hff which has ,beenrd '' s v U with the bolero type Tfte print blouse that goes S the skirt. In some cases these .cbed to the skirt, so that " H r remove 016 boler0 you ' feaive a dress. eH jou prefer, make a basic dress ia one of the new soft woolen trials, then to " ' 1 4tai.ro Wear the dress with scat-is scat-is X or . necklace, and you'll lie;.- '& well dressed for club activities, shopping, business or calling. Pot' c. f Select 4 suitablt pattern . . imrling Skirts Suitable i For Casual Wear i The full skirted dresses are used ii lor casual or dress-up occasions f among the younger crowd. These, : li too, are simple in line and style. ' Easy to make, these dresses take ' time only when you hem the full j skirt. If you're planning to be out-of-doors much, you'll undoubtedly j want a casual dress with a bared Sneckline, topped with a quaint bolero. Even an inexperienced seamstress can make an attrac- j For your own measurements. I tive cotton dress in this style be- ! cause the lines are simple and cot- l ton is so easy to sew. Ir After you've had success with a n cotton, you may want to .enlarge j the wardrobe with a rayon or silk This all-over quilted coat, made of economical Indian Head cotton, is easily created at home with the aid of a quilt-. quilt-. ing attachment o the sewing machine. Steel-gray with a bright red lining is a good combination com-bination to use. The coat serves now for school and casual wear and later over light dresses on breezy summer days. Note the natural shoulder line and full back which are fashion -wise features. print in much the same style since this style will go anywhere. Should you want to save on sewing, sew-ing, skip the bolero and make a scarf or a cape. Fringe, which is so smart for the new season, may be purchased by the yard and used to finish the edge of the scarf. Fit Your Patterns Carefully No matter how excellent your pattern, it will not do ou Justice unless you fit it to yourself. Very few of us coincide with pattern measurements and this means slight adjusting. Those of you who have had experience ex-perience altering clothes know It's much easier to take in a dress that's too large than to enlist material for use in a dress that's too small. The same is true of patterns. pat-terns. It's better to buy the next size larger in a pattern if you have one or two measurements in excess of those given on it. Tucks are easy to take on those portions in which you have smaller measurements. Patterns do not run the same sizes as ready-made dresses, so it's best to check measurements before be-fore buying. How to Achieve Good Fit Don't rush the dress to' comple- |