Seamstress Is Runner-Up In National Competition GAY BROWNLEE Somerset Co. Correspondent ELVERSON (Berks Co.) Jessica Coriell had a wonderful experience at the Make It Yourself With Wool National Competition. The 23-year-old, who had never before competed in a contest, was Heidi Shryock, Clearview, the Pennsylvania Junior win ner, and Jessica Coriell, Elverson, the senior winner in Make It Yourself With Wool recently returned from the na tional competition held Jan. 7-9 in Denver, Colorado. They appear in the garments constructed by themselves for the wool competition. named the second runner-up when the event on January 7-9 was held in Denver, Colorado. She said in a recent telephone conversation that she had tried to appear stunning at all times during the weekend because Jodell An tram, Somerset, the state director and her adviser had suggested it. “One of my goals was to look like I walked out of SAKS Fifth Avenue,” happily recalled the state representative named on Oct. 17 at the Galleria Mall in Johns town, Cambria County, where the state competition was held at Bos cov’s Department Store. Fashionability, after all, had counted for 60 percent of the final score, followed by 40 percent for the garment's construction. For her pinstripe suit in a brown wool, Coriell blended two patterns to create a full-lined suit that fea tured a mink collar on the jacket and a slender skirt with a straight slit Combining the patterns, given the difficulty of matching delicate pinstripes, was understandably a challenge, as she acknowledged. But with meticulous care, it was managed for the elegant and sophisticated effect that was in tended from the outset She comes honestly by the pride evidenced in the care the fu ture tailor gives to her work. It has evolved from an expert in the family Maria Coriell, her grandmother. With needles and thread, excel lence only is demanded by Mrs. Coriell who has been a profession al tailor for many years. “Looking over her shoulder is how I learned to do it,” reported the granddaughter who gives the overall credit for her success to the Lord. She is the middle daughter of three bom to Ron and Rebekah Coriell, taking her place between Jennifer, 25, and Johanna, 21. “For me it’s kind of carrying on a heritage,” Jessica said, thought fully, recalling how first, she learned to make clothes for dolls. As her skills developed, more difficult projects were tackled such as skirts, vests, etcetera. Her valuable gifts included a serger donated by Simplicity Pat terns, Inc.; a $125 savings bond from Superior Farms; a sewing book from Fairchild Books and Visuals, and fabric from Burling ton Menswear. Heidi Shryock from Clearview, Bedford County, the Pennsylvania junior winner, also participated at the event. While there, the contestants could choose from various work shops, those they wanted to at tend. Antram reported that Brother International demonstrated sew ing and knitting on its sewing ma chine. AAA Sewing and Vacuum was sponsored by PFAFF. It showed how simple life can be for the seri ous seamstress and tailor with an ultra-modem iron and ironing board. Nowadays, the material that al ways drove them crazy by sliding away, won’t slide anymore thanks r, Jessica Coriell, Elverson, standing center, with her par ents Ron and Rebekah Coriell, was named the second run ner-up in the Make It Yourself With Wool National Competi tion. to suction used in the ironing board itself. A study in Danish knited lace was offered as well as contour sewing demonstrations. Make It Yourself With Wool was held in conjunction with the American Sheep Industry’s an nual convention and business meeting.
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