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How to Give Garments ‘Professional Pressing Look’

Tailor Tools Can ~Be-Made.at Home. By JEANE JELL PRESSING as you sew a suit or coat and when the

garment is finished is* a must if your garment is “to have “that tailored look.”

A few simple pressing dids will help the home needlewoman to give her garments a profes-

gional-looking . pressing job. Many of ‘these tools can be made at home at very little cost.

Here are directions for making a few “of the more necesgary pressing aids for the benefit of those who will enter The Times National Sewing contest. For pressing sleeve seams, if you do not have a sleeve hoard,

roll a magazine tightly, cover it with several lavers of cloth and fasten it securely. The padded roll should be about 14 inches long. A hath towel made into a tight roll and a padded and cov-

ered broom handle make good rolls. Sew Pieces Together A tailor’'s cushion or ham for use in pressing curved seams, armholes, shoulders, darts, gleeves, collars, lapels and coat

fronts can be made from drill- cloth made with a top layer of

PRESSING AIDS—Miss ig Lakin, assistant Marion County home demonstration agent uses a tailor's ham (left) to press a curved surface. For pressing wools she uses a double press cloth. The top layer of wool is stitched to cotton. Insert a strip of brown paper (right) between folds of material when pressing pleats to prevent marking. Miss Lakin is using a press cloth of drilling. The curved surface is pressed on a tailor's ham.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

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Maternity | AOI] Now,

Have Style | |

Serve Purpose With Glamour

NEW YORK, Mar. 30

be maternity clothes. It's taken, them a long time to evolve from| frumpish, dowdy dresses into fashions with a double purpose, double life and real glamour, But they've done it. Further, these budget-priced clothes can stay on the job in a wardrobe after, the baby has come. It used to be customary for a mother-to-be to buy a small wardrobe of maternity -clothes and throw them out or give them

" away when she no longer needed °

them. . Now, she .can get months of additional wear from her suits and dresses and dusters. |

Well-Tailored

A well-tailored crepe dress in

gold with a navy jacket is a good starter ‘for spring. The bolero is linen, the dress itself

is polka-dotted and can be worn

i -Mater-' nity clothes no longer appear to

ing. ar canvas. Cut two pieces approximately 20 inches long «and nine inches wide. Sew, the two pieces together with & small machine stitch, leaving an opening on one side. Fill with fine wool clippings or new wool. If wool is not available, cotton or sawdust can be

used-but will make a heavy pad.

Stuff evenly and tightly, as it’ will press down with use. A tailor's packer or beater fs an aid to sharpen edges, flatten seams, hems, and pleats. To make, use a piece of heavy hard wood (i. e. oak or ash) 16 inches long, one and a quarter inches thick, and three and a half inches wide at one end. tapering to two inches at the other end. Round and sand the edges and ends smoothly. Cut finger grooves at one side to make it easier to hold. After removing the press cloth, beat the material with the packer to hold the steam in the cloth a little longer. :

Smooth and Lintless

wool stitched onto cotton is

“excellent for heavy wool

If this press cloth is used, wool is less likely to water spot or get hard or shiny. To make a double press cloth, cut a piece of cotton-drilling or fiel vy, unbleached muslin 12x24 inches. Cut a piece of firm wool one inch smaller on all sides than the cotton.

Place Wool Side Down

Sew the two pieces together, stitching on the outer ‘raw edges of the wool. When using, place the wool side down. Moisten the cotton side with a sponge. Lift and lower the iron forcing the steam into the ‘garment. Two double press cloths may be used, fastening one to the ironing board, ‘wool side up, and the other used over the garment, wool side down. A sponge should be used to dampen press cloth. Wrapping paper strips placed under seam edges in pocket flaps and collar edges will prevent marking on the right side of the garment.

by standard patterns. There are original first and second awards in each

of two classes.

GIL AMOUR G “home category is designated for evening clothes, lounging. clothes, negligee ensembles. and beach wear. Cloth-

sewers oO

ing may be made on standard fication is made on the dress- with sunshine. A crisp white pattern lines, or may be an maker in this group. The: gar- vestee, scalloped and embroidoriginal design. “Slips, petticoats, ments may be made on original ered, presents a fresh, sparkling separate blouses: or foundation design or on standard pattern look. garments may not be entered. lines. . Oriental ORIGINAL 'DESIGN GROUP: More news of the'contest, dress- 4 Open to contestants of all ages. making tips and fashion notes will. Oriental design appears in a

Only dresses, coats -or suits of be published in The Times.

Times Sewing Contest

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ROUP: Open to age wear.

f all ages. This

Entrant Registration

HERE IS MY official registration for The Times’ Sewing Contest. I will bring my contest garment on Apr. 23 to the

Central Library.

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I plan to enter in the classifications marked below: You are not obligated to remain in the classifications checked, if you should change your mind later.)

one or more.

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desigri by the entrant be submitted. Clothing entered must be for adults or teen-

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without the jacket. There are many sun dresses for maternity wardrobes this year, most of them with jackets. A dark green cotton has woven plaid undertones "that make the dress look as if it's shot through

CHILDREN'S CLOTHING GROUP: Clothing entered in this group must be for children from 2 to 8 years of age. No age quali-

two-toney broadcloth dress in pretty shades of lilac and purple set off by a handsome dark green cummerbund. There's a mandarin collar. The front closing, to the waist, is by means of small frogs. Innocent printed voile scalloped white organdy black velvet belt and bow a charming dress for a youthful mother-to-be. Cap sleeves are breezy and becoming for warm days ahead.

Always Good

with collar, makes very

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"THE -BRIDE WORE WHITE —One of the gowns fo bo shown in Block's bridal fashion show this week . . . ivory-white satin with pearl-embroidered tulle yoke. It has a sweeping cathedral train and long satin mitts which also are edged with the pearl-embroidered tulle. * Fhe gown is $110. The mother of the bride is in mauve Alencon lace over a matching taffeta slip. The dinner gown ($49.95) has a lace jacket. The bridal show will be at 5:30 p. m. in the store's auditorium.

Vassar Club — Meets Wednesday §

The Indiana Vassar @lub willl meet at 12:30 p. m. WedHNesday in the home of Mrs. Albert Lang, 3902 E. 62d St. Miss Alma Luckau, associate professor of history at Vassar, will speak on the college's pro- - gram for foreign students. ; Honor guests at the meeting 38 will be the five scholarship applicants to Vassar and other Indiana girls planning to enter.the college in the fall.

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Press cloths should be Five groups are listed for The _ _, .,, Senior Standard Pattern Group, for contestants above smooth and Hntless, “with all Times Sewing Contest. a 18 vears of age. Every entry in this group must be R p/m \\ i sizing removed. No one type of gQENJOR STANDARD PAT- made from Standard Commercial pattern. (1) Coat or | =!

press cloth will work well on every fabric. For silk and rayon use cheese eioth, or tissue paper. When using .chéese cloth, dampén slightly; lay over garment and press until dry with warm to moderate iron. If you use tissue paper, dampen paper with sponge or press without moisture. Tissue paper is good for top pressing and for cottons that shine easily. In pressing wool, heavy unbleached muslin, pocket drill, canvas or duck may be used eon light woolens. A doulyje press

TERN GROUP: Open to contestants over 18 years of age. Entries in this group must be made from a “standard pattern,” (any commercial or newspaper pattern). There are three classific ations. In one, contestants may enter tailored dresses. The second category is for dresses which are soft and dressy; the tnird for womens coats or suits. A first and second prize will be awarded in each of these three categories. HIGH SCHOOL GROUP: Open to "students in junior and senior high schools. These entries may be made along original designs or

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Name in Furniture gig, mn Gift for Baby Party Dros Is Exciting

Many Styles | Handmade YORK, Mar. 30 first party dress is, for a small girl, as exciting as a first formal to her older sister. Pretty hand: made dresses that are moderately priced provide the answer, both for her and for her parents’

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* suiti......: (2) Tailored dress.........(3) Soft or dressy “dress........: io High School Group, for students in junior and senior high schools. (1) Date or school dress..... «+s 12) Coat

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.Glamour Group, no age

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limit. (1) Evening clothes, lounge

clothes, negligee ensembles and beach wear.

eessess.0riginal Design Group, no age limit. Garment must be |

an original design by entrant for adult or upper teen-

age wear.

essssss Childrens Clothing Group,

(1) Dress, coat or suit.

no age limit. (1) Clothes

must be for children between the ages ot 2 and 5

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Tips for Buying |

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For spring an miniature party dresses may have tiny French boleros, sheer white nylon nylon lace, may have eyelet touches of collars and cuffs finish organdy. For a two-year-old, there's pale blue chambray smocked in pale pink and made frilly by a white batiste collar edged in lace. Or, 4g she might wear dotted pink or- : gandy with miniature pouch pockBoth pockets and collar are finished in spaghetti scallops and

Her older sister might, at advanced age of four, pick a pinafore party dress in pale yellow organdy with butterfly ruffles over It's touched by lace and has a sweetheart neckline. Or, she can be a party-goer in maize broadcloth, its feather stitching in

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