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SEAMS
TO ME
Janet Reed
Extension Clothing &
Textiles Specialist
University of Delaware
Everything you make can have
a creative touch that marks it as
your own. The designer, Valen
tino, often uses a V somewhere
in his designs. You don’t have to
be that obvious, but you can find
your own original mark.
For instance, you can make
your own buttons the possi
bilities are endless. A narrow,
covered cord can be fashioned
into a Chinese ball button or
wound into a coil or some other
design. One student ravelled
threads from her fabric and cro
cheted a textured button to
blend with her suit.
Ribbon can be rolled into a
toggle type button or in other
shapes. Fringe a bit of fabric
and outline a self-covered but
ton or roll it into a fuzzy ball.
Rick-rack rosebuds can be used
as buttons on a wash fabric Once
you start you will see possibili
ties all around you.
Bound buttonholes can be var
ied, too Make them on a slant,
or m one continuous strip in an
other color down the front of a
dress Make them in a tnangu
lai shape or any shape Make
them in a seam.
Belts aie back in fashion and
offer possibilities in multi-color
effects and trims Closures can
be as varied as your imagination
Use a series of buttonholes and
buttons in different colors, or
eyelets and cord, or several par
allel loops of fabric Experiment
with Velcro as a closure and ap
ply a decorative touch to the
belt itself.
If crewel embroidery is your
hobby, add a touch of embroid
eiy to your dress. You can buy
decorative braids by the yard if
embroidery is too slow for you
Will your fabric make an at-
tractive fringe’ Place fringe edg
ing on the collar, or the pocket
or down the front. Is the wrong
side of the fabric different
enough to be used as a subtle
trim? Maybe the selvage could
be an attractive edging.
A word of caution when you
ai-'O being creative. It’s so much
STATE POULTRY QUEEN. One of the featured high
lights of the Pennsylvania Poultry Festival held last week
in Hershey was the crowning of the new state poultry
queen. She is Gale Susanne Romesberg, 18-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Romesberg, Berlin R 4.
Gale graduated from Berlm-Brothersvalley Joint High
School in 1967 and is an Elementary Education Maior at
Shippensburg State College. She helps on the family poul
try farm, retail egg route and is active in church groups,
the Rainbow Girls and 4-H.
The Lancaster County entry sponsored by the local
poultry association was Gem Hiestand, Marietta Rl, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hiestand.
Runner-up in the state contest was Jo Ann Louise Prall,
New Freedom, York County.
and end up with a homemade Also, creative touches should
look Decoration should be sub- C ome after you have mastered
tie and used one place on a gar- basic skills of sewing No
ment for emphasis Also, the matter how pretty the decora
decoration should be in harmony tlon , it doesn’t add much to a
with the fabric The fabric often poorly made garment
suggests a decorative touch you Make your sewing a work of
will want to use art signed with your own indi
fun that it’s easy to go too far viduality
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 31,1968—7"
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Farm Wife and Family
Ladies, Have You Heard?...
By Doris Thomas, Extension Home Economist
Tips On Preserving Tomatoes
Tomatoes are one of the easiest of all
vegetables to can at home.
You can preserve them whole or cut into
pieces, packed hot or cold, and processed in a
boiling water bath. You can also freeze
tomato pioducts.
Because tomatoes are easier to can than
freeze, most people prefer to reserve freezer
space for products which are easier to freeze
than can
You can make tomato juice, puree, chili
sauce, and catsup
Check your cookbooks or canning books
for tasty tomato relish recipes
About Cherry Tomatoes
Cherry tomatoes come mostly Discard seldom or never used
fiom Florida. items.
They vary in size from % to ' .
114 inch in diameter Serve Cucumbers Often
Low in calories, these little to- Use cucumbeis in salads, cu*
matoes rate high in vitamins C serve with sour cream
and A. Finely chopped cucumbe'3
They are usually ripe when give a different touch to chicke i
you buy them so use the ripest oi tuna sandwich spreads for
ones first.
Keep them refrigerated Combine cucumbers and fish
They are colorful additions to by adding finely diced cucum
salads and make bite-size tidbits bers to taitar sauce next tnre
for nibbling. you serve fish, or use cucumbtr
slices as a garnish
Ways to Improve
Household Storage
Stoie things near where you Why not put a thin slice cf
use them first. round steak in a skillet with i
Stoie items at convenient lid and steam it long and slow
heights for good flavoi’
Stoie togethei things you use If you’d rather broil roun I
together steak, choose the top lound i‘ > -
Store articles where they aie ther than the bottom lound T 1 e
easy to see. top is moie tender
Store items where they are For bi oiling, choose high,
easy to reach and grasp. quality beef and be sure the top
Build to fit storage needs. round is cut thick enough to le-
Keep storage flexible tain the juices
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fancy party sandwiches
Favorite Round Steak
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THOMAS