How to Alter a Dress for Comfort and Fit
A guide explains measuring the waist hip and bust to determine size and fit. It covers adjusting shoulder seams sleeve placement, padding, and collar to avoid wrinkling, plus tips on using belts to manage waist, and ensuring arms move freely without strain.
Fashion tailoring tips for a better fit on dresses and jackets
The guide offers practical sewing fixes for a torso jacket with a dark skirt, suggests contrasting panels to add fullness on princess or two button dresses, and advises at waistline adjustments, letting out shoulder seams, extending sleeves, and adding bands or ruching to adjust length and fit.
Stitching Tips for Garment Seams and Fabrics
The guide covers choosing strong Mercerized thread 48 for most sewing and matching thread color to fabric. It advises testing on fabric scraps before stitching, using fine sharp needles for pinning, and adjusting tension for sheer or heavier fabrics. Pressing and proper preparation aid smooth machine stitching.
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Sears
Summer Fashion Notes on Attic Pleats and Lace
In a prewar era style, notes describe neckline lace trims and sleeve pulses. The piece mentions blues and South America influences and hints at a revival of tailored fullness in skirts and garments.
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America
Amy Sween
Ellie Aid
Eottina
Lee
radio program sparks and on air stunts raise NBC hopes
Virginia Vale NX Falkenberg and Tex McCrary host a lively New York WEAF program with air stunt broadcasts and wartime news experience boosting its appeal. CBS and Broadway figures like Fred Allen and Bob Burns loom large in a bustling entertainment scene.
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Prancing Steed Pattern for Childs Hobby Horse
A vintage pattern explains making a kid sized hobby horse from broomstick and scrap wood. Includes outlines for saddle wheels mane and bridle with simple cutting notes and painting guidance. Pattern 257 for broomstick and traditional bike offered by Bedford, New York supplier Spears.
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One Presidential Veto in 37 Overridden by Solons
The article notes that during 14 congresses in the Wilson through Roosevelt administrations only 19 vetoes were overridden out of 705 vetoes, about one in 37, illustrating how seldom congress overrode presidential vetoes.
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Wilson
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Roosevelt
Col. Tier’s
Kellogg All-Bran Promises Gentle Bulk for Constipation
A reader letter praises Kellogg’s All-Bran as a safe daily remedy for constipation. The ad-like text asserts daily intake with water for ten days and promises double money back if unsatisfied, touting All-Bran as wholesome rather than harsh laxative.
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Kelloge Company
Battle Creal
Michigan
Keellogg
Kellogg’a
Cattle Creek
Omnoba
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