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Show Wnman's World fFlour Sacks Aid Seamstress As Fabric Shortage Continues I YOU'VE tried to do any sewing jl lately and have scoured the .tores in a vain attempt to find suit-Xhle suit-Xhle material for yourself, then you griU welcome any suggestion that Jllves material easily. Long before y had the wealth of fabrics found Jj prewar times, many homemak-Strs homemak-Strs were making good use of those Wtfirge, clean, readily available flour Tuif sugar sacks. -Some of the department and no-ti no-ti ons goods stores still carry them, ive'nd you might weU look to them as g Material for a cheerful morning caress or cover-all apron. Cheerful? 'ihy yes, of course. Just get out the ackage of dyes and dyeing kettle i'-nd go to work. Since these sacks '"re cotton, they take dye very eas- y, and of course you do not have :e K, bleach them first. You can have . ..iy jolor you desire a bright kelly rreen, rose pink, aqua or robin's ; Ji'-Vg blue. Depending on your size, It will Trke from two to four of the large Dsize flour or sugar sacks to give lffiSiu the material you want. Take it the seams first, and make cer- -in the sacks are clean. Use the sections for the particular dye you ive on hand and go to work. After e fabric has been dyed, dried and itioiDned, lay it out for the pattern, airing sure that no materials will )!ai,.! wasted. flecking Measurements vai:'msidered Essential mitiSome of you may say, "Well, It's it so important that my house ess fits so perfectly." Why "Wouldn't the dress you do your rfrk in, the one you spend most of '1'je daylight hours In, be well fit-Lfi? fit-Lfi? Actually, good fit is important Ajre as in a dress-up dress. Then JvRj, these dresses are relatively sim-jryi, sim-jryi, and you can learn good fitting )m making them a thing of im-0 im-0 rtance when you begin sewing on "more Important" articles of ithing. KfdlJelect or make a pattern that jmes exactly to your own bust size. ' J IJustments of an inch or so can flffi made easily, but remember it is sler to make a pattern one size ger a little smaller, ,than to cut ni 1 llllffi' you lave soma flour sacs- - s in a pattern that is too small real make it gt Mil-i good way to get this fitting iblem in hand is to take your own ,h fcasurements and pencil them GG'S m side by side with the pattern nuns asuremerits. Then you will know lack ictly the amount of adjustment Ferfcded, and can allow accord-i, accord-i, eat !ly. of rl l'tting a dress from a flour iv n: ' beAr mind the grain of the (ll..terial and place the pattern cor-ur cor-ur life y on the lengthwise grain. Mark ,K.1! swvin8 guides either with stitch-jentk-:' lalM's tacks or chalk. This ni es lhe work move along mucn ss. ler- wW'we Are Tips ,e ft"' Sewing fc-; here are usually some parts of ,,i',Smaking 1,131 are more trickv KeUB 'hers- Take the sleeves, for 5 0TV- 1 I f lAcm in" " morni"8 dress- t e garment without y .C&K6", hould not be? b.l -7 1 l to take small sutches around the fullest part of the sleeve that fits to the dress, and draw these gently until the sleeve fits the armhole. Unless Un-less you are experienced, do not try to sew the sleeves on the machine before basting. After the sleeve has been basted, try the dress on and see how the sleeve feels. If it does not give the fullest comfort, adjust the basting until the dress looks and feels exactly ex-actly as you wish. Another thing you may have noticed no-ticed in buying ready-made garments gar-ments is the waistline. If this does not fall exactly where the natural waistline is, the dress is uncomfortable. uncom-fortable. You can determine the natural waistline by putting a tape measure around the waist and bending bend-ing to see that it is exactly in place. Then mark the natural waistline on the garment with chalk. Even in morning dresses, the fit over the bust is important. You might try underarm darts, even if they are not marked on the pattern. pat-tern. These darts, you know, are found on the most expensive clothes just for the sake of fitting. |
