Show fair activities discussed james T palmer president of the fair board reports that the following I 1 changes have been made in department supervisors june P baird will have charge of the dairy department and gilbert porter and herbert whittier will oversee the agriculture and horticulture no division an interesting and helpful meeting on judging needlework in county fairs was hold last week at the court house bous it was v a s sponsored 5 pons ored by b A U and nd tension extension service under direction of miss blis s margaret meeks with miss theta johnson davis county as guest speaker A list of some of the points brought out in the meeting ft may help the homemakers of the county in selecting their needlework entries for P plain lain sewing fullness in dress hems should be gathered instead of being taken in tucks before the hem is sewed seams should be a full half inch and pressed open if material is firm enough that it will not ravel easily pinking is desirable but not necessary buttonholes may be machine made loops should be provided for belts collars are applied without bias facing to reduce bulkiness quilts pieced quilts should not be b e bought and cut into bits ordinarily dina rily to carry out the design choose a pattern which will make the practice unnecessary necessary un bound edges wear better than hemming the lining over the edge soft collars are preferred pillow slips see that they are c cut ut and finished on the straight thread of the material use white or soft colors for lace or embroidery generally variegated colors of crochet threads include too deep a shade to rate well in this re 1 gard lace should be close and firm enough to stand laundering doilies dailies the of the doily is to afford protection to the furniture on which it is used for this reason the open chain stitch doily with flared edge does not rate well in judging there should be good proportion between solid and open work in the design colors should be neutral bright shade would give a spotty effect to the room stitches of course should be uniform and evenly combined the article should be carefully blocked and pressed embroidery color harmany should be pleasing designs should not be spotty tie off threads thread should be worked into the stitches chea on the back and cut short cross stitch should be made with all under stitches in the opposite direction cutwork cut C u tw t work w 0 r k embroidery should be padded and the edges carefully trimmed additional cutting of threads may be necessary after laundering all work should be clean and carefully pressed prize winners for high score in in the judging contest were ruth carter thelma rees ree s and vera carter |