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Iron Important Tool more when you sew than for
In Sewing ironing. But just because
Your iron is one of your modem fabrics don’t wrinkle
most important sewing tools, doesn’t mean they don’t
In fact, today, you may use it require careful pressing as
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you sew. Careful pressing
can do as much for a
professional appearance as
good sewing techniques.
Many fabrics are made in
whole or part with manmade
fibers. Most of the manmade
fibers require low heat so
there is a tendency to exert
too much caution and un
derpress these fabrics.
When you sew, test press a
swatch of the fabric before
pressing the garment. This
will help you determine the
amount of heat and steam
needed for a smooth ap
pearance. Your steam iron
may not give enough
moisture for most per
manent press fabrics and
synthetic knits, so also use a
dampened press cloth. The
press cloth also will protect
the surface of the fabric and
prevent the shine and flat
tening that can develop from
too high heat.
The areas that need the
most pressing attention are
those that happen to have
more than one fabric
thickness-seams, facings
and hems. Seams should
have an even press for the
length of the seam. Exert the
most pressure at the line of
stitching if possible, rather
than at seam edges, so the
marks of the seam allowance
don’t show through to the
right side. This is best done
with the use of a pressing
cloth and at the very edge of
the ironing board. In some
cases, a seam roll or board
will hie a help.
The edge of facings should
always turn under slightly to
the wrong side so they will
not be seen on the right side
of the garment. Sewing tech
niques, such as grading and
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understitching, will help, but
careful pressing can com
plete, the professional ap
pearance.
You don’t want the fabric
line at the top of the hem to
be visible from the right side
either. Press the bottom of
the hem with enough steam
and pressure to give a
smooth look. A circular or
flared skirt will need careful
pressing to shrink out as
much fullness as possible.
Steam the fullness out of a
set-in sleeve then shape with
your fingers. Don’t touch the
iron to this area of the
sleeve. Don’t press a crease
down the center of a set-in
sleeve, either. It is a simple
matter to press the sleeve at
the edge of the ironing board,
or use a sleeve board.
When the fabric has been
folded on the bolt, a crease is
sometimes visible at this
fold. When you cut out a
garment, try to avoid this
crease line, for it may be
extremely difficult or im
possible to remove.
Pressing requires time
and patience. It also requires
good pressing equipment.
Check the condition of your
ironing board. If it is warped
or if tne cover and padding
are not smooth, you will have
a more difficult time
achieving professional
results.
A good press job
camouflages poor sewing
techniques, but even the best
sewing job will look better
with careful pressing. It is
often the pressing that
makes a garment the prize
winner.
New Use For Peanut Hulls
As you munch away on a
peanut butter sandwich, do
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Jan. 26.1974—23
you ever wonder what
became of the hulls that
were once on all those
peanuts.
The peanuts we eat shed
350,000 tons of hulls each
year. Some of the hulls are
used for cattle feed, poultry
litter and garden mulch. But
many of the hulls are burned
near the shelling plants,
usually in rural or small
urban communities.
Research scientists at the
United States Department of
Agriculture have been
working on the problem of
peanut hull waste. They
came up with some new
artificial fireplace logs made
of peanut hulls. The hulls are
combined with the same
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This year I decided to do
something different. Earlier
this month, all of my family
went to the Farm Show.
Some of them went as often
as three times, to enter food
and clothes and pick them up
again. Then all of the
children went to judge
potatoes as a 4-H team.
What did I do different? I
stayed in Lancaster County
and visited the Museum. The
children had commented
favorably after seeing it with
school groups. So now it was
my turn and I had the
building all to myself and
could proceed at my own
speed.
As I’ve always been in
terested in history, the
scenes were quite
fascinating to me. Some
evoked pleasant thoughts of
early settlers in Lancaster
County and others showed
cruel persecution of them in
Europe. The clothing and
furnishings of each group
also deserved a lot of at
tention.
As I get older, it seems
that keeping things “in or
der” is important to me. But
this isn’t always possible
hydrocarbons used In the
commercial manufacture of
wood filled artificial logs.
In experiments, scientists
found that logs made with
peanut hulls burned for three
hours, while logs made with
wood fillers burned four
hours. But the peanut logs
burned more vigorously and,
when a salt mix was added to
the formulation, peanut hull
logs burned with a blue
green flame with occasional
red flares. The peanut hull
logs were easier to ignite,
oderless and give off little
smoke.
Peanut hull firelogs are
still in your future but soon
you may be wanned by the
hulls of the peanuts in your
peanut butter sandwich.
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with children playing in the
house. There are marbles all
over the livingroom rug as
they shoot them. Other times
they set up the toy train and
track and I must step over
and around it to make the
beds.
Just now, Cindy is em
broidering a bureau scarf
and I find my scissors on the
floor and the thread between
the sofa cushions. Then they
play monopoly, which lasts
from one day to the next.
But of course I know that
only too soon these three will
grow up and leave us as the
older three have done. So I
try to enjoy them now.
Here are a few more
German words copied from
an old dictionary which are
similar to Lancaster County
family names.
Brenneman - burner;
Spangler - tinman; Weiss -
know; Herr - Mr.; Wagaman
- wagonmaker; Wilhelm -
William; Helm - helmet;
Weber - weaver; Grube -
ditch; Slabach - brook;
Vogel - bird; Shreiner -
joiner; Baum-tree; Wertsch
- worth; Zimmerman -
carpenter; Lohr - salary;
Glick - luck.
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