—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 26. 1976
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Lancaster Home Economist
How to Einbroider
onrSewing
Machine
Embroidered clothing is
popular among both young
and old to add charm and
individuality to clothing and
accessories. You can add
this touch to clothing easily
with a zig zag sewing
machine.
To use a zig zag machine
for embroidery work, set the
machine on a fine stitch,
medium width zig zag.
Remove the presser toot and
lower the feed dog so that
there is nothing to force the
fabric through the machine.
Draw the pattern on the'
fabric, or use embroidery
transfers - then place the
fabric in an embroidery
hoop.
Now you’re ready to sew.
Outline the design first with
a smooth satin stitch. The
needle should be the only
part of the machine that is
moving. You will have to
move the hoop back and
forth and up and down to
follow the outline of the
design. To fill in the design,
move the hoop rapidly back
and forth in the direction of
the zig zag. This fills in the
design and looks very
similar to the short and long
stitch used in hand em
broidery.
Lightweight fabric, such
as blue chambray shirts,
need to be reinforced with
fusible interfacing or a piece
of brown paper under the
area to be embroidered. A
fast motion of the needle and
a smooth movement of the
hoop makes professional
looking embroidery. While
machine embroidery thread
is available, good results can
be obtained with regular
sewing thread.
Even if you have never
found it easy to do hand
embroidery, you should be
able to embroider with a zig
zag machine with a minimum
of time and effort.
What to Look For in
a Livable Home
The true beauty of a house
is not its furniture or car
peting - you can change these
things. What makes a house
beautiful to live in are such
things as “traffic patterns,”
“wqrk triangles,” and
“room relationships.”
You Heard?
By Doris Thomas
I would like to advise you
to check these features when
you’re buying, renting,
building or remodeling a
home.
It’s aggravating when
everyone must pass through
the middle of the living room
whenever they want to go
from kitchen to bedrooms.
It’s maddening when the
children trail dirt throughout
the house on their way to
wash up for dinner. And it’s
unsafe and unsanitary
walking directly through the
area where food is prepared. „ , , ,
But these things happen in ou . cb °*
- many houses - those with poor t “ ne IJ m .* be atch . en . so *
traffic patterns. be convenient and
Trafficways that connect This is where
one part of the housk with tb ® w ® triangle is im
another are sometimes P or tant. Measure an
confined to halls or stairs. If.
however, these paths must dl^ anc . e between *“*
go through, rooms, the center fr f l *<* y°f sb *>
normal activities should not ran geand refrigerator. The
be disturbed: by people sum of thei three sides of the
passing through. The most “ b ® J*"?®
direct route or passageway or greatest step
through a room should saving.
channel traffic along one
edge or across a comer.
Every, house has activity
areas - places where the
family works, lives and
sleeps. But some houses can
have more satisfactory
areas then others.
The relationship between
rooms is important, too. How
do you get the food from the
kitchen to the dining area, or
outside for a picnic? How
close is the bathroom to the
bedrooms? How private is it
from the rest of the house?
|i Question of the week
Whatkinds'of ;
Fabrics can beused
For Embroidery?
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You can use anytfaing-even
suede or leather, if you can
get the needle through it. A
range ,of fabrics''from fine
guaze to heavy upholstery
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