Stripes Set Spring Fashion Mood Across Fabrics
Spring fashion centers on stripes with all major fabrics embracing uneven and matched patterns. Denim remains staple while gauze and prints add variety. color trends favor pottery tones, porcelain fades, and red white blue bicentennial accents. Fashion Focus invites attendees to learn stripe matching and sewing tips at three area meetings in Arlington Readsboro and Bennington.
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St. Margaret Mary’s Parish Hall
Arlington
Readsboro
Extension Service Office
Federal Building
Bennington
Ball predicts hike in canning demand
Ball Corporation of Muncie plans to boost replacement caps and lids for home canning jars by at least 65 percent during the 1976 season compared with 1975. Two new lines, each producing over 1,200 lids per minute, are starting up, with potential to lift output further if demand rises.
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Muncie
Ind
Ball Corporation
William C. Hannah
Glass Containers
W. Stanley Stuart Jr
Consumer Products
Ball
Stuart
New fabric offers comfort durability in blends
Burlington report shows the natural blend of cotton and polyester with perma-press treatment provides year round comfort and insulation. Kay Strassburg notes 85 percent of shoppers rate comfort highest, while the fabric offers improved opacity dyeability and prints. Three major companies will promote the blend this spring.
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Burlington
University of Vermont
Kay Strassburg
Extension Textile
Batiste
Home Economist
4-H Thursday Crafts Night at Shaftsbury Elementary
A 4-H crafts demonstration night is planned for Thursday February 26 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Shaftsbury Elementary. Volunteers and teachers are invited to learn youth oriented crafts aged 5 and up, with emphasis on ages 9 to 12. Demonstrators include Connie and Terri Mason Green Mountain Climbers Pownal quilling Kathy Whitman Shaftsbury etc. Call 447 7582 to pre register. No charge. bring a finger dessert sample. Coffee provided.
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Shaftsbury
Connie
Terri Mason
Green Mountain Climbers
Pownal
Needlepoint craze spans stars to commoners across eras
Eyewitness reports describe needlepoint rising in popularity among prominent figures from Martha Washington to the Duke of Windsor, plus athletes like Rosey Grier. The National Geographic Society highlights a China produced exhibit of 38 classic needlepoint scenes, while executives, psychiatrists, and Colonial eras tie the craft to relaxation, identity, and milestone samplers.
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Martha Washington
Spiro Agnew
Helen of Troy
Field Marshal Montgomery
Rosey Grier
Martha Mitchell
Duke of Windsor
National Geographic Society
B.C
China
Peoples Republic of China
LeoWards Creative Crafts, Inc
Elgin
Ilinois
Washington, D.C
Chicago
Grace
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UVM
America
Oakbrook
GY Cover Girl Shoe CO
Dragon Shoes
Main St
Jackie Boyd
Kathy Whitman
Whitman’s Express
Needlepoint
Debbie Browe
Roger
Walt and
Marion Crawford
East
Sandy Stone
Lee Wards Creative Crafts
Peoples’ Republic of China
Laikal Eee
Af Discount Foods
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