| Show PLAN TO SAVE STEPS WHEN SEWING A 0 4 A i 0 1 11 1 i 7 both large and small equipment centralized for sewing where there Is I 1 good light alro pared by the united state department of agriculture service while we usually think ot of sewing as one of 0 the jobs we sit down for it la Is quite possible to walk about the house considerably in making very simple garments for example are you lu in the habit ot of doing your cutting on the dining room loom table because it Is large enough then undoubtedly before you ou can set to work sewing you must walk to your sour bedroom or some other room loom that provides the good light you require a low comfor comfortable tabe chair and it nd a place for your lour work basket after the preliminary basting or pinning you jou uie tire to stitch the seams scams on the sewing hewing machine which may be in an other room stitching is generally followed by pressing does this mean going to the kitchen or even een the laundry to use tile the ironing board and iron and where do you iou keep your findings and finishing supplies buttons snaps blas bias binding tape etc as well a as your tape measure skirt gauge scissors Ils sors needles pins piece boxes or patterns where Is your dress form it if you ou have one or your full length mirror A state home management specialist in extension work for women 11 s several sewing club members in one community to make a simple apron nna and measure the distance walked while th I 1 y did so one woman reported that she walked feet and had to go into he five rooms looms just to make that one simpie garment another woman walked feet and entered seven rooms clothing specialists in the bureau of home economics of the united states department of agriculture point out that i few well w ell considered changes in most instances would have saved miny many 0 f these unnecessary steps and also cut down the time for making the aprons or any other garments it if sew sewing liti Is to be done pleasantly and efficiently sewing equipment ond and tools should be grouped near each other of course in many homes a whole room cannot be given up to sewing although this Is very satisfactory when it Is possible with thoughtful planning a orner corner c can often be found where all the chief tools tor for sewing can be kept together some women do most of their sewing after the hard work of tile the day Is over ov c r they are tired and if the sewing equipment Is not convenient their fatigue Is increased until sewing seems a most ost irritating task other women have h ve to get the sewing tit in as best th they ey can throughout the duy day F for or these it Is particularly necessary that hat there should be no lost motion hunting litin n for accessories or repeating repealing wo work r t that at has been disarranged by much amov moving ng about in some cases a homemade se sewing ng cabinet la Is the answer to the problem of centralizing the sewing equipment kadi bach woman cinq lias her own ideas about the details of such a cabinet it will be useful if it provides shelves or drawers tor for supplies and working tools a file for patterns drawers for uncut material and hanging space for halt garments A folding ironing board and an iron for pressing are often included |
