30—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. July 20,1974
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By Dons Thomas, Extension Home Economist
How To Choose
Buttons
Add distinction to your
wardrobe by choosing
buttons that make your
clothes look smart and
fashionable.
Whether you’re buying
buttons for a garmet you’ve
just sewn or are merely
changing the appearance of
an older garment, here are
some tips for choosing
buttons.
- Carry a large swatch of
fabric with you or take the
belt or the garment itself to
help you visualize the but
tons in relation to the gar
ment.
- Consider the style of the
garment. If a garment
requires' many buttons, a
simply styled button is best.
An unusually requires many
buttons, a simply styled
button is best. An unusually
shaped or designed button is
more appropriate when the
style and fabric of the
garment are basic, simple
and understated.
- If the garment design
includes loop closures, use
ball, half-ball or dome
shaped buttons.
- When the buttons are
being used for decorative
purposes, be sure the shank
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will fit flat against the fabric
so buttons won’t drop.
- Note the fabric weight.
Heavyweight fabrics can
support heavyweight buttons
or lightweight buttons that
give a “heavy” appearance.
But lightweight fabrics
always require lightweight
buttons.
- Consider fabric design.
For fabrics with design
interest button selections
can go in two directions. The
simplest is picking up a
smooth-surfaced button in a
coordinating color. The more
adventurous selection is to
include design theme into
your button selection. When
in doubt, remember that
metal can be used on
practically anything.
- Consider color. Your
button doesn’t have to color
match a solid fabric. A far
more inventive approach is
to use contrasting buttons.
- Check the washability.
Before you launder or dry
clean a garment with but
tons, make certain the
buttons are guaranteed
washable or dry cleanable.
Be sure to check this in
formation when buying the
buttons. Look for it the
back of the button card or if
uncarded, ask the
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Save Money—
Bake Your Own Bread
Making your own bread
can be an answer to rising
bread costs. But you need to
consider the cost of
ingredients, energy and time
before you decide to make all
of your bread. Here are som
tips to keep in mind about
baking your own bread.
Baking bread can be ar
ticstic, creative and
scientific activity and it
takes practice to develop
skills. If you have the time to
practice and improve your
skills, bread baking can save
you money.
If you bake bread in
quantity, try to buy basic
ingredients such as flour,
yeast and sugar, in the
largest possible amounts. If
you buy these ingredients in
small packages, you can
double or triple the cost of a
loaf of homemade bread.
Choose store brands over
name brands of basic bread
ingredients and watch for
special sales on flour. Two
loaves of bread, weighing
one pound each, require
about six to seven cups of
flour, or about one and one
half pounds. This will help
you judge approximately
how much flour you need to
bake bread for your family.
The recipe you choose will
also determine the cost of
your homemade bread.
Some recipes, such ag quick
rising bread that calls for
twice as much yeast, can be
more expensive. Also, using
nonfat dry milk and water
can be less expensive than
using whole milk.
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When I work in the garden
mid pick all those green and
yellow beans, I see many
things and think of a variety
of subjects which I could
write about in this article.
There is the tiny, Jenny
Wren sitting on the meadow
fence and warbling so
happily as she prepares to
build another nest. Just
yesterday Philip put up a box
on the post and already it is
being used. Her first nest
was in a knot-hole in a old
unused post and I believe she
managed to raise the little
ones without having the cats
catch them.
Another thing I notice is
the cows and their manner of
mooing. I’ve always felt the
could communicate with
each other and sometimes
with me. If one gives a low
moan of pain the others will
all run to investigate.
When we first started
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farming and only had a few
cows, Josephine would
always come up to the house
and bawl until I notcied she
was alone. She was telling
me the rest were in the
cornfield at the lower part of
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the meadow and I had the
unpleaaant Job of getting
them back unto the paature.
I have the theory that
children ahould be prepared
for the outside world before
they take their first Job.
There are often personality
conflicts which must be lived
with in order to get along.
And so, I feel that some of
my unpleasant moods
merely help them to deal
with others who might not
always be sweetness and
kindness either. Everyone
should practice patience and
I’m certainly one of them but
I excuse some of my actions
by saying that in the end they
do serve a useful purpose for
our children.
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