Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-12
SUMMER HINTS FOR HOME
 DRESSMAKERS.

NOW that the time of summer sales mas begun 1t will be good plan to watch the remnant counters. Often you can get a pretty piece of Scotch glngham or fine muslin at a price a good deal lower than it was in the spring. If you select bargains carefully they will prove real bargains, and you will have material on hand to use an- other season. Don't buy thing be- cause 1t is cheap; think carefully and make up your mind that it will be really useful to you. There is no sat lsfaction and absolutely no economy in buying cheap goods because the price appeals to you, with the result that you will have lot of worthless stuff you will be unwilling to wear. Use your brains when you are planning and buy ing; you will find it worth while to think twice and to make sure that the bargains offered are really marked down goods. They often are, for the storekeepers would rather sell off their short lengths at a reduction than to have anything left over and if you desl with reliable firm you can get things at a saving now.
 Always shrink cotton goods before having them made up. The finer dim 1tleS and organdies that lose their first freshness must be made up as tHey are, with due allowance for shrinkage when laundered; but ginghams, percales,
  in them, and most of the white suit 1ngs and dress materials should be thoroughly shrunken. Then your dress eS will be large enough after theyshave been washed, and there will be no need Of bothering with alterations.
 A useful help in home dressmaking is to keep list of measurements If you have dress that is particularly comfortable, measure the waistband, length of. skirt, length of sleeve and size of the sleeve at the bottom.
 l also keep a list of pattern sizes, bust measure required, arm measure, waist and hip measure collar size, etc. It is often useful Another good plan IS to write down the quantity of material needed for a ShirtwaiSt or a dress. Of course this changes with the fashions. It is a good guide. however. for esti- mating the quantity of material need ed. Always mention the width of ma terial.
 The quantity given on the pattern sometimes calls for more than you re- ally need. but if you are not perfectly sure 1t is better to buy what the pat tern calls for than not to have enough.
 Just a word about patterns Be sure it is better to buy what the pat women who are used to buying ready made waists think they must buy the same size in a pattern, and then they blame the pattern for unsatisfactory results. l know only about the But terick patterns but 1 think they are all alike in this respect The bust meas ure should not be taken as a tailor or dressmaker takes it. People who draft adjustable patterns have to use differ ent methods from those who make separate patterns for every customer Ask the clerk at the pattern counter to measure you, or consult the, directions in the large book of patterns.
 The tub silk blouses are SC fashion able and se comfortable that everybody wants one, You may find that how ever loose your tension is the silk will pilc1xeF in the stitching. Put a strip of paper under the seam and stitch through that. It eaA be pulled away afterwaFd, and yeu will have a good smooth tuck eF hem,
 Last, but not least, when yea are using a full spool of sewing silk on your ma chine you will not be bothered by hay ing the thread fly off anG wind around the spindle if you will simply set an empty spool on first and put your spool of silk OR top of that, ] have proved it repeatedly, and it is simpler than winding off a bobbinft1 of silk you de not need, te reduce the size of the spool so that the silk will not kirk In fact, \ always put the empty spool on under 3. spool of silk whether the spool of silk is full er not. It will keep 1t running more smoothly
 JANE GREY.