Show learn to sew if your budget Is limited its fugli fun too by CHERIE NICHOLAS T TUN P N ik M K g A vi 1 A T HIS year the fashion picture is literally packed with drama what with a whirl of midwinter festivities tivi ties and gala occasions in full swin swing g one is almost sure to yearn for more than the usual amount of clothes glamour the good news is that by making sewing your hobby you can easily manage to have an enchanting array without suffering a single budget twinge simply pick the pattern that measures up to your idea of a dream dress get your material in hand and then dash oft off to your nearest local sewing center where expert help is cheerfully given in sewing short cuts and fashion tricks at little or no expense 9 fabric counters are literally bubbling over with an endless display of smart inexpensive rayon jerseys tweedy weaves that tailor beautifully gorgeous taffetas taff and moires maires that look twice as expensive as they really are velve teens in alluring pastel and brilliant jewel toned colors handsome laces of every type from sheer to the new linen effects which for the most part can be had for under a dollar a yard this year a merry war is going on between traditional black and white and lush ravishing colors like fuchsia turquoise black plum alarm red topaz gold and beige kelly green and tones and tints for the twilight hour and its flattering candlelight theres romantic elegance needed and you will be equal to the occasion if you make a dinner dress which combines a long sleeved front buttoned long torso basque top of black cotton lace with a shirred sherred wide spreading rayon moire skirt which repeats the black lace in a hip border inset after the manner of the gown which the figure seated in the foreground is wearing earing and again your evening splendor will be definitely established in a mist blue jersey dress that molds and tapers to your form in draped and flowing lines like those of the gown shown to the right in the trio of evening modes pictured above drapery treatments are very important and are outstanding this season they are ever so easy to manipulate even for the inexperienced with the aid of a new molded to you thermoplastic thermo plastic dress form with an exact reproduction of your figure figur e before you it requires no special gift to drape the folds of a material in a way that will most effectively dramatize your silhouette gay and inexpensive materials make the luxurious looking dinner dress centered in the group above there is style distinction reflected in the chrome yellow velveteen jacket that hangs with easy grace from broad looking shoulders encrusted with importantly new embroidered motifs that are repeated on the pockets this jacket would be lovely with a candle slim forest green crepe floor length skirt believe it or not the embroidered motifs that so definitely enhance this jacket were stitched up in practically no time on a modern sewing machine and the finished job looks for all the world like fine handwork the fashion suggestions above are destined to turn your date into a successful drama and they will inspire repeat performances in the future released by western newspaper union |