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—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, May 4, 1974
lADIES
HAVE
YOU
HEARD?
By Doris Thomas, Extension Home Economist
Prevent Puckering
In Sewing
There' is nothing more
exasperating to the seam
stress than a fabric which
puckers as you sew. The
puckering problem happens
more with soft sheer fabrics
because they are noted for
their tendency to pucker as
you stitch on the machine.
Puckering is most likely to
occur on fabrics with
relatively little “give,” such
as firm, closely-woven
materials, soft woven
sheers, and on woven fabrics
with special finishes, such as
permanent press. Puckering
is also more likely to happen
when stitching on the length-
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wise grain of fabric rather
than crosswise or on the
bias.
If one or both of the thread
tensions of the sewing
machine are too tight,
stitching on any fabric can
be puckered. You may need
to leam to loosen the tension.
You can sometimes control
puckering by loosening only
the upper tension, but if
loosening both tensions is
necessary, follow the advice
in the instruction book of
your machine. The lower
tension cannot be changed in
some machines.
You may have to make a
choice between an un
balanced stitch and seam
pucker. If the machine itltch
docent look perfect, you
wouldn’t want to use it for
top atitching. But top Pit
ching would be a poor choice
anyway for a fabric that ia
likely to pucker.
The choice of thread and
how you handle fabric as it ia
sewn will also make a dif
ference. Select the size of
thread and needle in relation
to the fabric. A sheer fabric
requires a fine thread and a
small needle. Polyester or
polyester core thread has
elasticity and strength. Use
very light machine tensions,
however, and hold the fabric
taut as it feeds through the
machine.
Stitch with a long stitch -
about 8 to 10 stitches per
inch. A ball point needle may
give better results. Modem
fabrics dull machine needles
quickly and needles may
need frequent replacement.
Always test stitch a piece of
fabric you expect to use.
Stitch and set it aside for a
while to see if the thread
relaxes and puckers.
Try to sew at a moderate
and even speed. Change of
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speed andtapid stitching- are
more apt to cause skipped
stitches and puckering. The
needle bole should be small
The straight stitch throat
plate is best rather than the
all purpose zig-zag plate.
Open Code Dating
on Foods
Open dates on some
packages of perishable foods
allow store personnel and
consumers to rotate their
stock and use the oldest
packages first.
Open dates do not indicate
when a product will spoil.
They frequently are referred
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the last day the product
should be sold. But products
are safe to eat and are not
spoiled after that date.
However, flavor and texture
may not be as good as when
fresh.
The cost of open dating and
the return of products is paid
for by increased food prices.
Yet, buying products with
the latest open date doesn’t
assure you of quality.
The key to keeping quality
of perishable foods is proper
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handling of • these • foods in
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perishable foods bdow 40
degrees, or zero degrees for
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Processors have no control
over how stores and con
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Pennsylvania Department of
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frozen food handling in
stores.
Manufacturers welcome
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product! and, will, replace
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Welt Seam
For bulky fabrics, a welt
seam can help eliminate
some of the bulk. After
stitching a plain’seam, press
both seam allowances to one
side of seamline. Trim the
under seam allowance to
V<i". From the right side,
topstltch V«" from the seam
line catching the untrimmed
seam allowance on the un
derside.