Evening star., 1946-02-01
On Pins and Needles

Has all this talk about spring and
summer and fashions and stuff put
the sewing bee in your bonnet? Bet
ter listen in on this then! The tip
off is, don't wait til the first tweet
of robin to get rolling on a sew
ing project, especially If 1t involves
a springtime wardrobe. Now's the
time to whip out the tape measure,
figure on figures like yours, then
|go through your last years warm
weather wardrobe and chart out your
sewing course accordingly. Having
your wardrobe deficiencies fast in
mind. along with specific figure facts,
you're then ready to trot right up
to a pattern book and pick and
|choose discerningly. Warning-BE
|SURE that you have studied your
figure, both its good points and its
faults, before you decide on a pat
tern. A pattern can be adjusted to
fit your figure perfectly, but If the
design Is wrong from the very first
for you-you just WON'T figger!
Pick design that fiatters the best
in you and whether you or your
dressmaker do the shipping and
sewing, there1l be no hit or miss
about the outcome. You'll have q
dress that's your kind of fashion,
wise, and that's smart.
Please note-with great glee In
our voice, we tell you that the fabric
shortage has eased up somewhat
and should continue to improve
Cotton is still hard to find, but the
bet is that if you keep your eyes
and ears open, you'll even be able
to catch some bolts as and if they
come in. Until cotton comes your
way, in the form of the good old
chambrays, piques, etc., there's
enough inspiration in the cousins
to cotton" to get you started. AMER
1CAN LINEN, for instance, done up
in strictly United States of America
designs, is enough to send the best of
us scuttling fer the needle and
thread. Yes, it's the real honest
to goodness linen-only better, be-
cause it's crease resistant! We saw
this in the cleverest of prints. One
was a giddy little horse with long,
long tail curled and curled in a
spiral over is back. The spiral tail
and the little black horse, whose
tail 1t was, were repeated over and
over on the linen in aqua, orchid
pink, of-white, and several other
colors. Another print was a bold
diamond shape repeated here, there,
and everywhere. Riotous wavy
stripes, in ingenious colors made
another print pattern.
COTTON EYELET, a peek-a-boo
that makes for the coolest of sum-
mer dresses, is quite abundant. It
Is seen in both batiste and pique
(surprise, surpriseD and in a bon
bon assortment of pastel colors.
City slickers will be happy to hear
that black eyelet is here. Sew THAT
for combating city summer heat
and looking smart, right out of the
bandbox!
For those of you with mind to
summer suits, the very thing is a
cotton material called OXFORD
CLOTH. This is sanforized and
should be heavy competition to
gabardine when it comes to tailor
ing ability. This you can have in
dandy neutral colors-gray, maize,
lavendar, pale pink and soft blue.
Fresh off the boat from Switzer-
land come the most beautiful
EMBROIDERED ORGAN DIES.
One look at these and flood of
prom-trotting memories sweep over
you. Well, those days are gone for
ever for us, but, even so, what a
lure this material for a drifty,
dreamy summer evening dress.
Those mothers with a little Susie
or Mary to sew for will certainly
decide to dress. her like a doll for
parties and on Sundays when they
spy these Swiss organdies. Tiny
bouquets of pastel and gay flowers
and little heart shaped clusters of