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HOMEMAKERS’
HINTS I By KAY E* WEBB * | Extension Agent, Home Economics I | ' I A stitch in time can save you money and prevent f extensive repair work on your clothing. Mending is most often done by hand. Small mending jobs essential to neatness should be done without question. They may include repairing loose or ripped off buttons, snaps, hooks, eyes,.hems or linings or hanging undone; open seams. There is no point in laboring over an article that can be cheaply replaced. However, a good garment that you are fond of, can have a second life if repaired. 1. If you have dangling threads bring them to the inside of the garment and tie. 2. Give double life and improve the looks of machiriemade buttonholes by going over them with a hand- buttonhole stitch or a zigzag machine stitch. 3. Overcast any loose or fraying fabric edges that might catch in a zipper. Reinforce sleeve and crotch seams with a second line of machine-stitching on top, (toward raw edge) of the existing stitching. 5. Use imaginative mending of torn places by placing a decoration over the damaged spot. Braid can be useful for worn sleeve or neckline areas. 6. Repair knits by reweaving the yarn. Information on making more extensive repairs is available from the Extension Office. Look at your garments before throwing them away and determine if a simple little repair will give the article a second life. Remember to sign up for the Sewing With Knits Class, if you are interested. □
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