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Show FARManJHOMEto UTAH STATU EXTENSION SERV1PB AGIUCULTl'KH HOMK KCONGM1CJ4 By Mary Lois Reichert Home Demonstration Agent Man-Made Fibers Are Easy To Sew Clothes that offer the "modern "mod-ern living" advantages of man-made man-made fibers can be made at home aulckiv and raciW lw -fal lowing a few up-to-the-minute sewing hints. Basic procedure in sewing is essentially the same for synthetic syn-thetic fabrics as for fabrics of the natural fibers. Here are some suggestions which will be helpful in sewing sew-ing fabrics of man-made fibers: Use wellTsharpened shears and cut smoothly with the middle of the iblade, using long, Clean strokes. Cut a generous seam allowance if the fabric has a tendency to ravel. Use fine, sharp needles with smooth points for both machine and hand sewing. The home agent advises that it's best to change the machine needle frequently fre-quently when sewing on fabrics fab-rics of man-made fibers, because be-cause the toughness of these fibers will dull 'the needle. Use clay chalk for marking; crayon or wax may leave marks that are hard to remove. It is best to use thread that has about -the same qualities as the fabric to be stitched. Thus, nylon tlhread is recommended recom-mended for nylon fabrics. Thread of "Dacron" is preferable prefer-able for fabrics containing "Dacron" or "Orion," although nylon thread can also' be used. Cult, raither than break, the thread to avoid "pulled" seams and to give clean-cut ends that are easier to put through the eye of the needle. Test stitching on all fabrics. Use a double thickness of material ma-terial oh the straight of the goods. If lengthwise stitching is satisfactory, the bias or crosswise cross-wise stitching will also 'be right. For some Sheer types of fab- j rics, stitching on paper may j give more effective results. |