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.