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Pennsylvania Win
Make-lt-With-Wool
To National
Advance
GAY BROWNLEE
Somerset Co. Correspondent
JOHNSTOWN (Cambria Co.)
When she returned home U
Schwenksville, Cayce Bean, the
senior winner in the “Make It
Yourself With Wool (MIYWW),
Pennsylvania Competition, was
confronted with a very tricky
decision represent her state
at Nationals, or, on the same
dates, join her senior class for its
trip.
Bean made a difficult choice
and e-mailed MIYWW state
director, Jodell Antram she was
opting out of MIYWW. Instead
she would make memories with
classmates at Christopher Dock
High School in Lansdale.
Sarah Flannery, Sipesvile, on
the other hand, would have been
Bean’s only competitor in the
senior division when the event,
on Oct. 16, was held at Boscov’s
in the Galleria Mall.
Flannery was registered, but
ended up unable to change a job
schedule at Hoss’s Restaurant
so she could attend the event.
Anthram and fellow state
director, Peggy Black, ultimately
resolved the dilemma by con
sulting with officials at a higher
level of authority. If Flannery’s
garment could survive official
judging, done at a separate time,
they said instead of Bean, the
17-year-old could represent
Pennsylvania in Denver,
Colorado, January 2000.
Her trip finances, however
would have to be paid by funds
from a source other than
MIYWW.
Flannery’s 100-percent wool
crepe suit is fully lined with
Bemburg rayon.
She used quick tailoring
methods for the outfit which has
a buttonless jacket that falls to
the hip. Fully-lined, the jacket
has a collar, shoulder pads, and
is slightly fitted.
The short-sleeved, fully-lined
dress reaches mid-knee, has a
back slit and invisible zipper,
shoulder pads, and darts.
Bean’s classic-styled wool
jacket of black wool gabardine
was accented with piping trim
and contrasting collars, cuffs
and pocket flaps. It has a front
button closure. The pleated skirt
matches.
The teen-ager employed a
wide variety of wool products for
a uniquely-styled, eye-catching
Pictured are the junior division contestants in the Make It Yourself With Wool
Pennsylvania Competition. From left, Renee Marker, Garrett; Aleecha Jones,
Loysburg; Megan Keller, New Paris; Erin Stennett, Irwin, first place; Lauren Howell,
Enon Valley, runner-up; Ellen Nave, Horsham; and Amanda May, Industry.
vest by coordinating blue, double
top-stitching to accent the hand
felted wool batts on the right
side. On the left was faux che
nille made from black gabardine
and the same blue-black check
as seen in the skirt.
Talk about sporty, Erin
Stennett, Irwin, the junior win
ner who advances to Nationals
representing the state’s junior
division, made a jacket out of
100-percent wool felt in deep
purple. The seam detail in join
ing the abstract pattern pieces
chocked up valuable sewing
experience.
Made with a collar, collar
band, dropped shoulders, insets,
pockets, self fringe and long
sleeves, the jacket and rosy-col
ored top under it made a nifty
combination.
The long-sleeved, fitted top
had a handpicked zipper and a
mock neckline.
Stennett coordinated the
slacks by using multi-colored
woven wool and lining them.
They closed with a front fly, had
side pockets, back darts, and a
waistband with carriers.
She complemented the smart
ensemble with a lined purse sus
pended from the shoulder by a
braided strap and added a scarf.
The field of adult competitors
included Joan Klein, from
Darlington, Pan Marburger
from Espyville; and Victoria
Nave, Horsham.
Klein, from Darlington, took
first place, wrapped, she said in
layers of her favorite fabric
wool.
Over the two-piece jacket and
pants outfit in a deep burnt
orange shade, she modeled a
contrasting jacket of deep green
that had a hood and drawstring
waist. Its heavy-duty zipper was
concealed by a fly-front closure.
It was double insulated with
a self-quilted Theralam lining,
had dropped shoulders, welt and
flap pockets. Klein cuffed the
sleeve openings for winter
warmth.
She lined the sport jacket,
gave it a one-button closure and
a lazy lapel, over-the-shoulder
yoking topped with epaulettes,
dropped shoulders, and large
patch pockets.
In back, she added a unique
gathering of adjustments to the
waist-length jacket for tabs and
“D” rings.
ners In
Contest
Competition
The fully-lined slacks gave
Klein a chance to continue the
overall sporty theme with a style
combination of jeans and cargo
pants. The was reflected in the
patch pockets on the side and
back of the legs. She used flat
felled seams and included a fly
front.
Preteen winner Kayla
Huston from Beaver Falls used
material she received at the
1998 MIYWW state competition
to create a 100-percent
Pendleton wool suit. The sev
enth grader at Highland Middle
School in Beaver County used
the brown and cream tweed for
the jacket.
She employed the use of
princess seams on the short
waisted jacket, added back darts
and a front zipper.
Huston added darts to the
solid brown pants for a great fit
she said, and put in a side zip
per.
The fashion show itself, was
held on the Boscov’s stage in the
mall where all and sundry shop
pers stopped to watch the mod
elers. Second level shoppers
peered down from a large,
fenced-in, rectangular opening
with walkways.
“I was not crazy about model
ing in a mall,” admitted preteen
contestant, Emily Starn from
Beaver Falls. “There are so
many people,” she said.
Joan Klein, a teacher of 45
sewing students, believes the
young females gain invaluable
lessons from being brave enough
to go through with it.
“I believe in it,” she said
staunchly. “I think it builds self
esteem and exposure.”
The MIYWW competitions
are held to focus attention to the
beauty and versatility of wool.
The use of this fiber in sewing,
kmtting or crocheting fashion
able garments is strongly
encouraged.
Because wool is an absorbent
fiber it helps regulate the body’s
temperature, keeping a layer of
dry, insulating air next to the
skin. It also works with warm
temperatures, taking up perspi
ration, and making the body’s
natural cooling system work bet
ter.
Wool, unlike other fibers, is
the only one that naturally
resists flaming. Instead it smol
ders rather than bursting into
flame.
Three women competed in the state Make It Yourself
With Wool contest. Joan Klein, Darlington, left, was the
winner and will send a video to National Judging competi
tion. Seated is Victoria Nave, Horsham. Pam Marburger,
Espyville, was runner-up.
Cayce Bean was the state
winner in the Make It
Yourself With Wool senior
division. She later opted out
because she cannot attend
National competition next
January in Denver. Bean is
from Schwenksvllle.
Artificial fibers often melt
and stick to the skin when on
fire.
_ n re^ en . c ° nte » t »nts, from left, are Emily Starn, Beaver
Falls; Kayla Huston, Beaver Falls, winner; Jaci Marburger,
Espyville, runner-up, and Lauren Miller from Beaver Falls.
Sarah Flannery,
Sipesville, will attend the
National Make It Youraelf
With Wool Competition in
Denver, Colorado, repre
senting Pennsylvania in the
senior division.