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Show $i BETTER A, DRESSMAKING fffl fUA TAILORS' home-maker counts that a household must. Her seam pressing board and her pressing cushions are the darlings of her equipment. equip-ment. They also may serve her well on ironing day. It is smooth work with the iron when she tucks them under a shoulder shoul-der or inside a sleeve. The sleeve form cushion and the tailors' pressing form are easy to make. The latter is often called a ham cushion because be-cause that is the shape of it. The cover-ing cover-ing should be of heavy muslin or other firmly woven cotton goods. The cover for the sleeve form may be cut by a tight sleeve pattern with all extra fullness taken out. The cushion should be stuffed very tightly. A center core of fiat layers of newspaper is sometimes used for the large cushion. Cotton or small bits of clean rags may be used for the rest of the stuffing. NOTE This drawing is from Mrs. Spears' latest book. BETTER DRESSMAKING. DRESS-MAKING. The beginner may learn to sew from this profusely illustrated book: and the experienced dressmaker will find it a useful reference book on modern sewing sew-ing techniques. Readers wishing to see a copy of BETTER DRESSMAKING should send name and address for complete description de-scription and special offer. Address: Mrs. Spears, Drawer II, Bedford Hills, N. Y. 4 ANY women are learning to sew as a conservation measure. meas-ure. It is a way to make spare minutes count. They are finding incidentally that dressmaking is as much fun as any other craft. If one has, or can beg, borrow or buy, a sewing machine, all the other equipment is inexpensive and most of it has other uses as well. One of the first things that the beginner learns is the importance of pressing. It begini as soon as the first seam is sewn. She may acquire pressing irons for special spe-cial purposes later, but whatever type of iron serves for the family laundry also does very well for dressmaking. An open-end open-end Ironing board that will take the full length of a dress is essential but every |
