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Show FARM NOTES BY GOLDEN L. STOKER Beaver County Agent Cut, Seams and Pressing Show Quality of Coat Since the coat is one of the most expensive items in the wardrobe and must stand wear in all kinds of weather, usually for three or four years, checking on quality points before buying is a practice that careful buyers wish to follow according to Miss Ellen Agren, U. S. A. C. extension clothing specialist. special-ist. These points to look for in buying a coat are the cut, seams and pressing. These relate to workmanship. Other points are the fabric used, the lining and the innerlining. Each part of the coat should be cut with the straight of the material, ma-terial, according to Miss Agren, or it will soon get out of shape. Coats should be pressed with every step in the making. And good-quality coats have carefully matched seams stitched with firm thread in close, even stitches. Arm-holes, Arm-holes, seams and front edges are reinforced with narrow fully-shrunk fully-shrunk tape to prevent stretching and possible tears. The front facing"! fac-ing"! tac'Rfeu back securely but invisibly in-visibly to the inside of the coat to keep a straight-hanging front edge that will not roll. Linings in good-quality coats are fitted in and lining seams are matched and tacked to corresponding correspond-ing seams in the coat. Poor-quality coats have linings made separately and put in the coat all in one piece Another point to look for in the lining is a full-length pleat all the way down the center of the back. This allows for "give" in wearing and keeps the lining from pulling. Miss Agren says this and further information is contained in Leaflet Leaf-let No. 117, Quality Guides in Buying Buy-ing Women's Cloth Coats, published publish-ed by the bureau of home economics econo-mics of the U. S. department of agriculture. |