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Show Save Mending By Buying a Sturdy Make Children's clothes constructed for wear-and-tear resistance help to keep the mending basket empty, Hortense Snow of the Utah State Agricultural College Extension Service says. Pockets and buttons that held firmly in place, sturdy seams, and generous hems all help small garments to stand vigorous Play. Torn patch-pockets are a familiar famil-iar mending job to most mothers. Pockets often tear because they are tco small, are placed too high, or are not firmly anchored. It saves strain to cut pockets large enough to hold the child's clenched" fist, and to place them so low on the garment that hands cannct push them down. Two rows of stitching around the edge help to hold them firmly, and twilled tape placed on the underside of the garment at the top of the pocket will save tearing at that point. Twilled tape is also a good reinforcement rein-forcement for buttons, especially those arc und the ulcuses of small beys' suits. Very small buttons placed on the . inside of the gar-mlect gar-mlect directly under the large ones will also help to anchor supporting buttons. When sewing on buttons, pass the needle directly through from the large to the small button with the fabric between. Double stitching not only adds tc the appearance of a garment but also strengthens any places where strain is likely to break the threads, such as arcund the arm-holes, arm-holes, underarm seams, neck edges, and plackets. Wide hems make for tocnemy and leng service in dresses dress-es and small boys' blouses. |