The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-16
Household Hints
WAR ECONOMY HIGHLIGHTS OUTFITS
 MADE BY HOME SEWING CHAMPIONS
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 New York-Amer1ca's six cham pion amateur dresSgnakers are get- ting quite a kick out of the pro- fessional World of Fashion = and vice versa.
 The amateurs, who wouldn't be worried by clothes rationing, are winners in the second annual na- tional sewing contest sponsored jointly by newspapers and the Na- tional Needlecraft Bureau.
 Seeing backstage sights here where American style originates is part of their reward for beating 30,- 900 competitors = twice as many women and girls as matched skills last year. And, this years prize winning garments are not only clothes which 8 fashion writer or designer wouldn't mind claiming, they are clothes that the winners made very inexpensively - often, in fact, out of old clothes.
 ECONOMY MEETS
 WARTIME NEED
 Right in key with wartime econ- omy, their remodeling, low-cost, and conservation magic claimed closest expert attention in the fashion show at which each winner was awarded $100 war bond.
 Outstanding economy example was a beautifully tailored pin- stripe navy wool suit by Mrs Gladys Wamble, Birmingham Post winner She cut 1t out of a mans used business suit. Her creation was the winner In this years new classification, work and remodeled garments section of the contest.
 Other attention getting garments in this group were 8 blue-gray gab- ardine shirtmaker dress, made from two pairs of discarded U. s. Army Air Corps trousers; and go-any- where red plaid gingham jacket dress with long sleeves, shipped from an old evening dress.
 SCRAPS ARE USED
 FOR SMART CLOTHES
 Blonde Mss Madeline Mccoy of Manassas, Virginia, the Washing ton Daily News winner of the wonl- ems original design classification, told interviewers she's prepared to keep herself looking as she did dur ing her trip here. She looked sty- fish, wearing 8 pale blue linen suit with her clay colored revers and matching hat and pockethook years outfit, the purse and hat made from scraps.
 Miss Mccoy does her designing in 8 library-sewing room, wherein she darts from books which supply in- spiration, especially history and bi- ography, to her machine and press ing board. Her winning garment was a gray spun-wool frock with navy and gold scroll like medl- eval parchmentIS decoration.
 Red bandana handkerchiefs, un- dyed canvas, undyed nuslin-$5,05 worth = made a dress, coat and pillbox which won the juniors standard pattern prize for Jane Waddell, ess-Scimitar entrant. Jane, who is IS, wore a dress she made from drapery fabric.
 Mrs. Anthony Zulic of Euclid, Ohio, the Cleveland Press winner, said that economy - of which her $l7 prizewinner, Q Svelte moss green Frostmann wool suit was evil dence-is her war contribution. She has reason to get victory quickly. Her husband works in a tool fac- tory, her parents are in Yugoslav!a -guerillaS, perhaps, for she has not heard from them since the fight ing started.
 Knee-length overalls of blue cot ton, worn with seersucker blouse, took first place in the junior or- iginal design group, for a high school miss, Thelma King of Bloom field, N. J., the Newark Star-Ledger winner.
 The other victor, Mrs. F. j.. Lichtenhan, Los Angeles Herald and Express entrant, spent $2.05 on her twin outfit = red and white dotted Swiss dress for sister; dotted Swiss blouse and red gabardine pants for brother.
 Contest officials said that a sur vey they made, sampling 8 cross section of women in territory hav- ing 75 percent of the nations popu- lation, showed that 94 out of 100 housewives now are doing some sewing. Fifty out of 100 are mak- ing their own clothes and house. hold articles.