814-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 11, 1997
Make-It-With-Wool
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
An eye-catching fashion show
held at the Keystone International
Livestock Exposition (KILE) Sun
day did more than stop area pedest
rian traffic.
Onlookers saw the amazingly
versatility of wool fabrics in vastly
different textures, patterns, and
finishes. Outfits made from wool
T-shirt knits, challis, crepe, beav
er, tweed, and the more familiar
Woolrich and Pendleton wools
showed that wool is truely a mira
cle fiber for fine tailoring and crea
tive design.
Participants in the Make-It-
Yourself-With-Wool (MIYWW)
contest modeled outfits that they
had spent months sewing for the
event Garments were judged on
having a professional, finished
look with 60 percent of the score
based on fashion and 40 percent on
construction.
Four divisions were held for the
15 participants. Although winners
were selected from each category,
the Pennsylvania MIYWW can
afford to send only one contestant
to the national convention in Reno,
Nev.
Heidi Shroyk, junior winner,
will receive the expense-paid trip.
Heidi sewed a navy blue dress with
Pam Marburgerof Espyvllle stitched nine Items to win the
adult title In the Make-K-With-Wool contest held at KILE.
a checked navy blue and red short
cropped jacket.
If there is enough funding,
Michelle Comman, senior division
winner, will also receive an
expense-paid trip. Michelle
stitched navy pants with a coordi
nating plaid jacket in navy and
sand colors. Michelle is from Car
lisle and attends Penn State study
ing dairy and animal science.
Preteen winner was Susanna
Lyden of Industry and Elisa Grieco
was runner-up. Runner-up in the
junior division was Janelle Hoover
of Denver. With the same dark
green wool dress trimmed with
black velvet collar and cuffs,
Janelle had been a state finalist in
the 4-H Fashion Revue.
Pam Marburger, defending state
champion of the adult division,
returned this year with a stunning
interchangeable wardrobe of nine
pieces.
A dairy farm wife and mother of
two daughters from Crawford
County, Pam used wool fabric pre
sented to her for winning last
year’s state competition.
Her interchangeable wardrobe
was built around navy blue tailored
wool pants with a coordinating
plaid jacket, a reversible vest, a
skirt, wool-grain knit T-shirt top,
and a red Woolrich coat with
matching hat. She accessorized her
Is More Than Fashion Show
outfit with a matching scrunchie
for her hair and a fabric tote bag.
Although Pam will not be
traveling to the national competi
tion, she will still compete. Pam
will send professional photo
graphs to the national MIYWW
headquarters, where her garments
will be judged against those from
adult winners in other states.
Senior winner is Michelle
Cornman.
“I’m shooting for the national
title. Last year I entered the state
contest for the first time and won,
but I did not have time to send pro
fessional photographs to national
competition. I needed to win at the
state level again to enter national
competition,” Pam said.
Runner-up in the adult division
M
Beaver County has the highest percentage of winners at the Make-lt-Wlth-Wool
contest. From left are Melissa Lyden, Susanna Lyden, pre-teen winner; Joan Klein,
runnerup in the adult division; and Elisa Grleco, runner-up in the pre-teen division.
In the Make-tt-Wlth-Wool competition, Heidi Shroyk,
right, wins the state Junior title and receives an expense
paid trip to national competition. Junior runner-up Is Janel
le Hoover.
was Joan Klein of Darlington, who Judges were Bert Antram, Cin
with her husband, George, raises dy Dlugolecki, and Marie Keiffer.
purebred Herefords. Joan modeled State directors are Jodell Antram
a red wool suit and Barbara Ann Shaffer.