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Show Cute Clothes for Youngsters Made of Mens Cast-Of- f Shirts By CHERIE NICHOLAS They Came, They Saw, They Conquered Oh Suzanna VIHEN dads are or all gone brothers shirts at the collar and cuffs, dont deposit them in the bag with future dust rags. These days its a patriotic duty to con- serve every piece of fabric that can be reclaimed for active wear. Youll find you can transform these shirts On a banjo made from the metal into rompers, dresses, of a wrecked Japanese Zero fighter shirts and pinafores for the young plane, Lieut. Walter E. Moore members of the family just by getstrums out American favorites at a ting busy at the family sewing maII. S. base in Buna, New Guinea. chine and starting to stitch away. Mens shirts, as a rule, are made Tuning screws are 25 caliber car of fine sturdy broadcloth and madras tridges. fabrics in stripes, line checks and other interesting weaves that make 131 Days them perfect for childrens clothes. So whether you plan to convert the shirt into a shirt or rompers for holes, down the front or back, place the pattern so that the center line of the button and buttonhole markings on the pattern fall on the center line of those already on the shirt. Additional buttonholes can be made in a jiffy with the buttonhole attachment. Remember, too, that girls clothes button from right to left, boys from left to right. Just the opposite is true if the garment has a back closing. It is important to mark your young son or a sunsuit and all the pattern notches on the fabric bonnet for your young daughter, here to insure precise points of joining. are some general steps to remem- The final step is stitching. Glamorize each costume with such ber. Cut the shirt apart along the clever trimming tricks as lattice seams. Remove the collar and yoke. work effects and medallions which Leave the buttons and buttonholes you can stitch up in practically no intact, you may be able to use them time by using the unerring little in recutting for the back closing on handicraft attachment to your sewa little dress or the front closing on ing machine with which rickrack a boys shirt. Be sure to launder braid (rickrack is lavished on all the pieces and press flat to make dresses and pinafores this season) pattern placing, pinning and cutting is attached in unique and ornaeasier and more accurate. Fold the mental ways. Cutout monograms to back section down the center and adorn tiny pockets can be made of match up the fronts and sleeves so scraps of material and are with the aid of the that the fabric design and grain all attachment. If you would like go the same way. It doesnt matter what type of garment you make, the to dramatize your daughters writnext step is to lay out the pattern on ing ability have her write her name on the collar of her dress, then with the fabric. Pin the pattern carefully to the the embroiderer you can Fish and rainwater was the com material, then pink all the fabric follow her lettering with a signature edges with the pinker attachment stitch. plete diet of Poon Lim, this A mans worn shirt of old Chinese sailor, while he drifted in your sewing machine kit. This d on the Atlantic for 131 days with will dispose of the more involved madras was used to make the enchanting little sunsuit and only a raft between him and Davy task of making French seams, befor the Jones locker. His ship had been cause once the fabric has a pinked miss edge simple seams are all that is seated so gleefully centered in the torpedoed. necessary. When using a pattern picture. In the dress to that calls for buttons and button- - the right theres a Peter Pan simsun-suit- s, Scores of American soldiers carrying their equipment pour out of landing barges onto the black volcanic sand of Massacre Bay, on the Aleutian island of Attu which had been held by the Japanese. Fighting in conjunction with army air forces these men forced the enemy to retreat to the sea. Adrift Even Mules Fight Axis jiffy-stitch-ed zig-zag-g- er one-thre- ad 25-ye- ar Despite mechanization, the army needs the lowly mule. These three have been picked from a mule market in St. Louis, Mo., to be transported to a branch of the armed service. The demands of military forces have caused prices on mules to soar and there is a brisk rush of trading each day for this cross between a jackass and a mare. beige-stripe- sun-bonn- one-pie- Jaws of Death On the Road to Tokyo ce plicity thats very practical. Its made from a mans shirt. The cost to remake was about ten cents for navy blue binding stitched on quickly with the binder attachment to enhance the edge of collar sleeves and pockets. Pinafores as seen in the little sketches are the big news in little folks fashion circles. Mens striped shirts make unusually attractive pinafores for children when you use the stripes vertically for the garment and horizontally for pockets, waistline band and pleated edging. Add to this the professional details of applique hearts (see sketch lower left corner) that can be applied quickly with the zigzagger attachment and you have a pinafore that looks brand new and expensive. By dropping in at a local sewing center even a completely uninitiated beginner can learn to stitch up a variety of attractive outfits from closet castoffs. In just a few afternoons via wartime budget lessons you can master all the modern sewas well as ing short-cut- s tricks. pin-stri- pe Gay Play Suit 1 shirt-reviv- er Released by Western Newspaper Union. ' Vividly colorful cotton prints is the big style message for play suits this summer. Strikingly gay red cotExcessive speed was named as ton patterned all over with print mothe cause of a wreck of a Pennsyl- tif of black and white bows is used vania train, New York bound from for the intriguing suit pictured. As Atlantic City, killing 14 persons and practical as it is colorful this suit the full skirt being injuring 89 others at Delair, N. J. is a three-piecThe wrecked vestibule looks like a worn over brief shorts. The little grim jaw ready to devour the in- bodice is designed for midriff exposure to health-givin- g sun rays. specting officials. e, A convoy Sew Stretch of troops are Burma. in road new s carry supplies around a Joooaa isH Sg'ona" f et two-year-o- ld New Skirt Type Designers are turning time and talent to creating versatile skirt fashions to wear with the exquisite lingerie blouses so fashionable this summer. A charming new style to be found in the stores suggests the dirndl trend. Being made of silk jersey it carries grace itself accented with such cunning details as little ruffles of the jersey outlining huge bow-tie- d pockets with a ruffle encircling the skirt. matching |