Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-02-26
SEW AND SAVE
WEEK OBSERVED
Y men Who Sew Will Choose
Material That Make for
Lasting Wear
QUALITY IMPORTANT

War conditions have brought
many new recruits to the ranks of
home sewers. Women who have
learned to sew in Red Cross Chap
tiers and other volunteer organiza-
tions are now applying their knowl-
edge to good advantage in sewing
their own wardrobes. The need for
conservation and economy in all
cie3lian needs also means more
! c sewing, both in the creation
I w clothes and the repairing
ami remodeling of old ones. With
the number of American women
making their own clothes thus in
creasing day by day, it is expected
that National Sew and Save Week,
February 21st through 28th, will
have added significance for the
home sewer this year. During the
weeks program, an annual event
which marks the start of the
Spring sewing season, retail stores
throughout the country will be
ready with well-stocked shelves to
help the home sewer select her
Spring wardrobe. Choosing a dress,
coat or suit from a book of pat
terms and bolts of fabric may now
become new experience for a
great many American women. All
sorts of new problems will confront
the novice dressmaker-what fab
RIGS are new and appropriate, what
colors will be fashionable and be-
coming, what style points should be
looked for in a pattern. A quick
survey of what's new in sewing ma
terials will make the final decision
easier. Start with the pattern.
This Spring, more than ever, wo-
men will go "all out" for suits. AL
most any suit is right, if it suits
you. Jackets may be long or short,
skirts straight, fared or pleated.
Your suit may be crisply tailored or
practicability, make two dresses ,one
snug-fitting tailored jacket. Wo-
men who don't look well in suits
may choose a jacket frock, the Sec
ond most important costume for
Spring. Usually the jacket SHOULD
be of wool, the dress of crepe, for
practically, make two dresses, one
matching the jacket and the other
in contrast.
Dirndls and gathered skirt dress
es are bigger and better than ever
All fabrics lend themselves to the
dirndl skirt, and there seems to be
no place that the dirndl cannot &c
with perfect poise.
The new shirtwaist types are
more softly tailored than last year
with new details for even greater
comfort. Women with jobs in ma
tional defense are finding the shirt.
waist the ideal uniform.
Details will be important or
Spring clothes. Shoulders are vi
to exciting new tricks, dropped
shoulder effects, deep or modified
dolmans and a return engagement
of the old pet, kimona. Extended
shoulders are news and will be seel
on suits, sports dresses and Dime
dresses as well. Skirt interest will
include tiers, pleats, peplums
tunics, draped effects, dipping hem
lines for afternoon, and the peg
top skirt, so slim that it has to b
slit before you can walk!
After choosing a pattern, decid
upon color. High, brilliant color
will vie with soft pastels. Orange
reds, bright greens, bright, bridg
yellows, vivid blues, all reflect tn
Latin-American influence. Thes
brilliant colors will be seen FIRE
quently in combination. Soft, bah
pastels will be used more than eve
!. for all wool suits and topcoats fc
Spring. With such wide range OF