EXTENSION NEWS
I ITS IDS OUT UITH CADE
Boforc discarding a wool skirt that has
begun to look worn and shabby, consider
the possibility of giving it a new loaso
on life by turning It insido out, suggest
clothing specialists of the U.S.Department
of Agriculture. wool goods and garments
still are scarco, so every effort should
bo made to got full'wear from clothes on
hand. Very often the fadod color, spots
and wear that make a skirt look worn are
only surface deep. If the undorsido lookr
new and if the fabricirhen held up to *
the light, shows no sign of wearing thin,
the skirt is probably worth reversing.
Turning a plain skirt often is a shorter
and easier job than making a new one. Tho
time spent in ripping usually is offset by
the time "saved in .cutting and fitting.
Iforovoor, the lines of the original
titching aro" easy to'follow whon stitch
ng on tho other sido.
In years wast in Europe where labor was
cheap, tailors rtado a practice of rever
sing worn coats, skirts and even men’s v
suits. These much more complicated and
time-consuming reversals fitre rarely worth
while in this country.
DARNING am
A skillful darn is the disguise for snail
holes, snags or worn places in wool f
clothes. Some of the important littlo
socrcts of‘successful darning, outlined
in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s
bulletin-;, "ABC’s of Mending" are:
Use a fine needle and short thread. Long
thread pulled back and forth across a
tear or hole’tends to stretch the dam
out of shape. " '*)
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U^o thread that blonds with tJ^j, material—
prefcrably ravclings from.-thc same cloth, '
or dull-finish thread'of a matching bu$
slightly darker shade. Thread usually"
works'up lighter than it appears on tho
~>ool,
<im on the right sido, but steam-^ptess
the finished dam on the wrong sido,’thon
brush the right side to lift the nap.
Ask for a copy of thc"ABC’s of Monding”
at the EXTENSION OFFICE.
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EXTENSION OFFICE HOURS.
The Extension Offieo is open from 8:30'AM
until 5:00 T.M. as directed by Lorin T.
Oldrdyd when he visited the Valley this
wcok. Mrs. Bomicc Johnson will be' glad
to help you in whatever way she can.
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